Maxwell-in-Washington

Leonard Burman

Nationally recognized tax policy and public finance expert; Co-Founder and Director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center; Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics, Maxwell School; previously Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Analysis, US Department of the Treasury; previously Senior Analyst, Congressional Budget Office; PhD, University of Minnesota

Bennett Caplan

International trade attorney and consultant; currently President of Global Management Trade Services and Head of Secretariat at FIVS, a trade association for the alcohol beverage industry;  MALD, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; JD, Boston College Law School; BA, Columbia College

Bejoy Das Gupta

Chief Economist for Asia, Institute of International Finance; D.Phil. and M.Phil. in Economics, Oxford University; B.Sc. in Economics and Political Science, London School of Economics

Paul Fekete

Senior International Trade Advisor, USAID; former Principal of Global Trade Associates; former Vice President with The Services Group; former Chief of Mission, Integrated Framework Initiative, World Bank, Malawi; former Senior Vice President, Samuels International; MA, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; BA in History, Bates College 

Constance Freeman

Most recently, Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, International Research and Development Centre (IDRC) in Nairobi; former Director, African Studies Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); multiple positions, US State Department and Peace Corps; PhD and MA, Economic Development, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver; BA in International Relations, American University

Margaret Hermann

Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs; Director of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University; PhD and MA in Psychology, Northwestern University; BA, DePauw University

Randall Griffin

Captain Griffin is a nearly thirty-year veteran of public safety from the local career fire service, to federal service and academia; US Department of Homeland Security; MPA, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University; BA in Political Science,Oswego State University; AA in fire protection, Corning Community College

Touqir Hussain 

Adjunct Professor School of Foreign Service Georgetown University; Retired career senior Pakistani diplomat, Ambassador to Japan, Brazil, and Spain; Foreign Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister; MA in English Literature, Punjab University, Lahore

James Keagle

Distinguished Research Fellow, Director of the Transforming National Security seminar series at the Center for Technology and National Security Policy, former Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, National Defense University; PhD and MA in Politics, Princeton University; MA in Political Science, University of Pittsburgh; BA, US Air Force Academy

Melinda Kimble 

Senior Vice President, UN Foundation, retired career senior foreign service officer (minister-counselor); MA in Economics, University of Denver; MPA, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

David Pollock

Bernstein fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Studies; Director, Project Fikra; former Senior Advisor, Broader Middle East at the State Department, Author, Policy Paper The 'Arab Street'? Public Opinion in the Arab World; Visiting Lecturer, Harvard University; Assistant Professor, George Washington University; Ph.D., Harvard University; B.A., Harvard College

Michael Schneider

Director, DC Public Diplomacy Program, former Director, Maxwell-in-Washington, retired senior career USIA officer; former Deputy Associate Director, Policy and Programs; PhD in International Relations, American University; BA, University of Rochester