Department: Past Advisors

Paul C. Light

August 31, 2022

Paul C. Light

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION: PAULETTE GODDARD PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE, WAGNER SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Dr. Paul C. Light is NYU Wagner’s Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service and founding principal investigator of the Global Center for Public Service, Before joining NYU, Dr. Light served as the Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow at the Brookings […]

Charles S. Robb

August 31, 2022

Charles S. Robb

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION: CO-CHAIR, NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAM, BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER, FORMER GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA AND U.S. SENATOR Chuck Robb co-chairs BPC’s national security program and Iran Task Force. He served as a senator from Virginia from 1989 until 2001. During his tenure in the Senate, he promoted fiscal responsibility and a strong national defense. He became […]

Michael Schneider

August 31, 2022

Michael Schneider

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION: DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROGRAM (RETIRED) Michael Schneider recently retired as the director of the Washington Public Diplomacy Program, a spring semester requirement for students enrolled in their second year of the dual MA in International Relations and MS in Public Relations Program, which is a joint initiative of Syracuse University’s Maxwell School […]

Lt. General (Ret.) Brent Scowcroft (Deceased)

August 31, 2022

Lt. General (Ret.) Brent Scowcroft (Deceased)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION:PRESIDENT, SCOWCROFT GROUP Brent Scowcroft served as the National Security Advisor to both Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush, the only individual in U.S. history appointed to the position under two different Presidents. From 1982 to 1989, he was Vice Chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm. In this capacity, he […]

John L. Palmer

August 30, 2022

John L. Palmer

John L. Palmer is University Professor and Maxwell Dean Emeritus at Syracuse University.  He joined the faculty of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs in 1988 and was the School’s dean from then until 2003, with responsibility for academic and administrative leadership of Syracuse University’s six social science disciplinary departments, undergraduate and graduate […]