At the last meeting, Maxwell's advisory board gave feedback on a draft of the school’s strategic plan for improving diversity, equity and inclusion. Among the board members was Mary Daly ’90, whose feedback was that moving the needle requires actions that are, “going to be, by definition, audacious and bold.” 

Carolyn Bourdeaux ’03 had aspired to public office since she took a seminar with the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the longtime U.S. senator for whom Maxwell’s Institute of Global Affairs is named. Three days after taking the oath of office, Bourdeaux huddled with colleagues in a dark room while a mob raged beyond the door.