CELEBRATING OUR 10 TH ANNIVERSARY

The Deans Summit is an innovation in higher education and academic leadership development. The Summit not only brings together appointed leaders of public service-focused schools for networking and shared learning, it also advances strategy that cultivates and promotes their value. I can think of no other academic discipline that has a partnership like the Deans Summit and thus the Volcker Alliance is transforming us today for the kind of people and public we want in the future.

THE DEANS SUMMIT provides a space for innovation and collaboration among deans and directors of the nation’s schools of public service. Through working groups, collaborative efforts and successful pilots evolve into freestanding spin-off programs.

The Maxwell School and I have benefited in significant ways from the tremendous staff and leadership of the Volcker Alliance. They have become the bridge that connects many disparate groups with a mission orientation to public service. They are developing mutually beneficial collaborations that are greater in their totality than any one organization’s individual contributions.

SUSAN WACHTER Penn Institute for Urban Research

The partnership between the Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) and the Volcker Alliance on the monthly Special Briefing webinar and podcast series has immensely expanded the scope and influence of both organizations in the field of public finance.