Maxwell Advisory Board

The role of the Maxwell School Advisory Board is to provide advice and counsel to the dean and other school leaders. The board plays a key role in helping to shape the School’s future.

Board members are accomplished, distinguished members of the world of business, government, law, education and beyond. Many of them are also graduates of the Maxwell School. They share a keen appreciation for the mission of the School, and, with their worldly perspective, they help assure that Maxwell grows and adapts in ways that are tactically sound and well-geared to the public sectors that Maxwell ultimately serves. The board meets twice each year, and gathers at other times as needed in smaller groups to address specific issues.

Note: Members marked with an asterisk serve also as members of the Syracuse University Board of Trustees.

B. Ben Baldanza ’84 B.A.

Former CEO, Spirit Airlines

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Carol Becker ’76 B.A.

Owner, William Greenberg Desserts

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Lisa Y. Benjamin ’90 M.P.A.

Chief Operating Officer, City of Atlanta

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Stephen Brodsky ’93 B.A.

Chief Financial Officer, Encyclopedia Britannica

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John Chapple* ’75 B.A./’11 Hon.

President, Hawkeye Investments LLC

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Nicole Collier ’00 M.P.A.

VP of Federal Government Affairs, Proctor & Gamble

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Cathy Daicoff ’79 M.P.A.

Managing Director (ret.), S&P Global

Vice Chair, Maxwell Advisory Board

Alexander Demas ’18 M.P.A./M.A.(IR)

Manager, Corporate Initiatives, Intersect Power

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Wesley C. Dias ’74 B.A.

CEO, Argosy Consulting Group LLC

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Felipe Estefan ’10 M.A. (IR)/M.S.P.R.

Vice President and Head of Washington, D.C. Office, Luminate

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Amma Felix ’95 B.A./’01 M.P.A

President and CEO, Collegiate Directions, Inc.

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Javier Font ’92 M.P.A.

Founder and Executive Vice President, Intelligence & Public Affairs

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Michael G. Fox ’95 B.A.

Chief Marketing Officer, MUD\WTR

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Stephen Hagerty ’91 B.S./ ’93 M.P.A.

President, Hagerty Consulting Inc.

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Allegra Ivey ’99 M.P.A.

Managing Director, Global Banking & Markets, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

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David Kelso ’68 B.A.

Vice Chairman of Private Banking (ret.), J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

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Mark Lamarre ’83 B.A.

President and Chief Executive Officer, Washington Companies

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Erik Larson ’83 B.A.

Managing Director, Management Committee Member & Global Head (ret.) for Quantitative Methodologies & Analytics, Promontory, an IBM Company

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Michael Lefkowitz ’86 B.A.

Managing Member, Rosenberg & Estis, P.C.

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Travis Mason ’06 B.A.

Chief Policy Officer, Merlin Labs

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Christopher Meek ’92 B.A./’18 E.M.P.A.

Senior Director of Global Relationship Management, S&P Global

Director/Chair, Soldier Strong, Inc

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Ronald P. O’Hanley III* ’80 B.A.

Chairman and CEO, State Street Corporation

Chair, Maxwell Advisory Board

John L. Palmer

University Professor and Dean Emeritus

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

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Ph.D., Stanford University, 1971

Areas of Expertise

Public policy, public management, public finance, U.S. and comparative social policy, Medicare and Social Security

Kristen Patel

Professor of Practice, Policy Studies

Donald P. and Margaret Curry Gregg Professor of Practice in Korean and East Asian Affairs

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Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

M.A., Duke University, 1992

Areas of Expertise

National security, intelligence issues, and illicit finance

Nancy Jacobson Penn ’84 B.A.

Founder and CEO, No Labels

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H. Lewis Rapaport ’59 B.A.

CEO, Component Assembly Systems, Inc.

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Andrew Regalado ’20 B.A.

Partner, COR Solutions, LLC

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Jacqueline Saturn ’90 B.A.

President, North America and EVP of Global Artist Relations, Virgin Music Group

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Jeffrey Scruggs*

Managing Director and Co-Head of Public Sector and Infrastructure Group, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

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Donna Shalala ’70 M.S.Sc./’70 Ph.D./’87 LLD

Interim President, The New School

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Nate Shanok ’98

Senior Managing Director, Tishman Speyer

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Elizabeth Stearns

Chair, The Judy Fund

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W. Lynn Tanner ’75 Ph.D.

Founder and Executive Chairman, TEC Canada

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Debra Whitman ’97 Ph.D.

Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer, AARP

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Susan Willie ’98 M.P.A.

Chief, Public and Private Mandates, Congressional Budget Office

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Steve Zimba ’86 B.A./’87 M.P.A.

Co-Founder and CEO, Nulia

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Honorary Members

Alwaleed bin Talal bin AbdulAziz Alsaud '85 M.S.Sc./'99 LLD
Founder and President, Kingdom Holding Co.

Mary Daly ’94 Ph.D./’19 Hon.
President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank - San Francisco

Susan C.V. Penny* '70 B.A.
Office Manager, Radomir D. Stevanovic MD PC

Howard G. Phanstiel* '70 B.A./'71 M.P.A.
Chairman and CEO, Phanstiel Enterprises LLC

Richard L. Thompson* '67 M.A./ '15 Hon.
Senior Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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