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Senior Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity
Yael Levitte is the Senior Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity at Cornell University. Levitte works closely with the deputy provost on faculty recruiting, retention, and development issues. She oversees dozens of educational and community-building programs that support faculty across their careers.

Vice President for Student & Campus Life Cornell University
Ryan has served as the Vice President for Student & Campus Life at Cornell University since August 2015.

Executive Director of Chesterton House
Vivek completed his undergraduate degree in Computer Science at Princeton, after which he worked for almost ten years on Wall Street with a quantitative trading team at Morgan Stanley. Vivek completed his M.Div. at Princeton Theological Seminary, followed by a masters in Philosophy (M.Phil) at Oxford University. In 2013, Vivek and family moved to Ithaca so he could pursue a Ph.D.

Tompkins County Court Judge, Acting Supreme Court Justice, Tompkins County
Judge Scott A. Miller is a New York State trial court judge who presides over felony jury trials and Family Court cases involving custody, child neglect, and abuse. He was elected in 2019 to a countywide ten-year term after serving seven years as Ithaca City Court Judge.

Director of the Sloan Program in Health Administration, Dept. of Policy Analysis & Management, Cornell University
Sean is a professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management (PAM) at Cornell University, the Director of the Sloan Program in Health Administration, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Prior to joining the PAM Department in 2004, Sean was a faculty member in the Health Care Systems Department at The Wharton School of the University of Pen

President, The Opperman Consulting Group
Mary George Opperman is president of The Opperman Consulting Group, which provides organizational assessments, individual coaching and advising, and a variety of other HR services and assistance. Mary serves as a thought partner to leaders as they plan and execute their priorities.

Professor, Literatures in English
Shirley Samuels was the first House Professor-Dean of Flora Rose House. She is currently the chair of the department of Literatures in English. She recently edited a book on race and visuality in the nineteenth-century United States and is now writing a book on the American Civil War.

Frederic J. Whiton Professor of English Literature, Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow
Daniel R. Schwarz is Frederic J. Whiton Professor of English Literature and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University, where he has taught since 1968. He is a renowned teacher, scholar, and public intellectual. In 1998 he received Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences Russell award for distinguished teaching, and the Weiss title speaks to his teaching prowess.

Associate Director, Global Community Engaged-Learning Programs David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement
As Associate Director of Community Service-Learning and Partnership, Amy has dedicated herself to purposeful work that produces lasting impact.

Banfi Vintners Professor of Wine Education and Management and Senior Director Nolan School of Hotel Administration
ALEX M. SUSSKIND (the Banfi Vintners Professor of Wine Education and Management and Senior Director of Programs)