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Dr. David Van Slyke, PhD

Dean, The Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs Syracuse University

Dr. David M. Van Slyke, PhD, is Dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and is the Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business-Government Policy.  Prior to becoming Dean on July 1, 2016, Van Slyke was Associate Dean and Chair of Maxwell’s Department of Public Administration and International Affairs.  He is a tenured, full professor at the Maxwell School and a two-time recipient of the Birkhead-Burkhead Award and Professorship for Teaching Excellence.

Van Slyke is a leading international expert on public-private partnerships, public-sector contracting and contract management, public and nonprofit management, and policy implementation.  He was a Director (2016- 2021) and is a Fellow (2010-Present) of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) and has been a member of NAPA’s Expert Advisory teams for the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Postal Service.  He is a former co-editor of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory and the Journal of Strategic Contracting and Negotiation.  He is actively engaged in the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration; the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs; the Volcker Alliance; and the University Leadership Council on Diversity and Inclusion in International Affairs Education.  He also sits on the Editorial Boards of several top-ranked public affairs and nonprofit management journal.

He has provided expert guidance to the Office of Management and Budget, Government Accountability Office, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Defense, World Bank, and a range of philanthropic foundations.  As part of his executive education teaching and research, he has worked extensively with senior leaders in government, nonprofit, and business organizations in China, India, Russia, Singapore, and Thailand.  He has been interviewed on, and his work cited in, CNN, Washington Post, Bloomberg Tax, National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, National Public Radio/American Public Media’s MarketPlace, CBS News, US News & World Report, Governing, the Capital Pressroom, Washington Times, Government Executive, InsideDefense, Xinhua Global Times in China, Federal Computer Week, Washington Technology, Defense Industry Daily, Federal News Radio, and GovLoop.

Van Slyke’s book, Complex Contracting: Government Purchasing in the Wake of the U.S. Coast Guard's Deepwater Program (Cambridge University Press, 2013) is the recipient of the American Society for Public Administration Section on Research Best Book Award for 2014 and honorable mention for the Public and Nonprofit Section of the Academy of Management best book award for 2016.  He is winner of the 2015 Distinguished Alumnus in Public Administration and Policy award from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany and of the 2007 Best Article Award published in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.  Van Slyke earned a PhD. in Public Administration and Policy from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany, State University of NY.

Parent Members

D.L.J.
Honorable Deborah Lee James (Chair)
Former Secretary, US Air Force
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Craig Albright
Craig Albright
Senior Finance Executive Xerox Corp (Former) and Executive Advisor
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A.A
Dr. Alex Alonso, PhD
Chief Knowledge Officer Society for Human Resource Management
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J.A.
Joseph Anderson
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Tag Holdings, LLC
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D.B.
David Beitel
Chief Technology Officer, Zillow Group
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S.D
Sally Donnelly
Founding Partner, Pallas Advisors
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C.E.
Cheryl Eliano
District 10 National Vice President, American Federation Of Government Employees
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C.G.
Dr. Christopher S. Gopal, PhD
Executive, Consultant, Author & Educator, Global Supply Chain & Operations
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L.H.
Linnie M. Haynesworth
Co-Chair, Defense Business Board; Former Vice President, Northrop Grumman; & Independent Board Director
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E.H.
Erin Hill, Esq.
Former Chief Administrative Officer BNY Mellon
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Marachel Knight
Marachel Knight
Senior Technology & Operations Executive, AT&T (Former) and Board Director, Marvell Technology, Inc.
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S.LN.
Suzanne Leopoldi-Nichols
Former Chief Global Business Solutions Officer, WPP
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J.M.
Jennifer McClure
Founder & CEO, Unbridled Talent, LLC
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O.M.
Oscar Munoz
Retired Chairman, President & CEO United Airlines
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L.S.
General Larry Spencer, US Air Force (Ret)
President, Armed Forces Benefit Association
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J.V.
General Joseph L. Votel, US Army (Ret)
Former Commander, U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command
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D.W.
Honorable David M. Walker
Former Comptroller General of the United States
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Robert Wolf
Robert Wolf
Founder, 32 Advisors
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S.Y
Safroadu "Saf" Yeboah-Amankwah
Senior VP & Chief Strategy Officer, Intel Corporation
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Subcommittee Members

A.B.
Anand Bahl, Chief Information Officer, Micron Technology, Inc.
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G.B
Greg Bowman, J.D., Chief Innovation Officer & Vice President of Corporate Development, Siemens Government Technologies, Inc.
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M.D.
Matthew Daniel, Principal of Talent Strategy, Guild Education
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Defense Business Board
Chief Executive Officer, Lumbee Tribe Holdings, Inc.
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Sarah Mineiro
Sarah Mineiro, Founder and CEO of Tanagra Enterprises
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E.R.
The Honorable Eric Rosenbach, Co-Director, Belfer Center for Science and Internal Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
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B.S.
Brig Gen Bernard Skoch, US Air Force (Ret), Chair of the Board, Air and Space Forces Association
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S.S.
Stan Soloway, President & CEO, Celero Strategies, LLC
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P.,Z.
Patricia J. Zarodkiewicz, President, PatZ Consulting, LLC
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