Robert C. Orr
Dean, University of Maryland School of Public Policy

Robert C. Orr serves as UMD School of Public Policy dean, United Nations under secretary-general, and special advisor to the UN secretary-general on climate change. He is also past president and current executive committee member of NASPAA, the global association of public policy, affairs and administration schools.

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Prior to joining the University of Maryland, Orr served as the assistant secretary-general for strategic planning in the Executive Office of the United Nations secretary-general from 2004 to 2014, and was the principal advisor to the secretary-general on counter-terrorism, peace building, women’s and children’s health, sustainable energy, food and nutrition, institutional innovation, public-private partnership and climate change.

Orr joined the United Nations from Harvard University where he served as the executive director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government. Prior to this, he served as director of the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, DC.

He has served in senior posts in the government of the United States, including deputy to the United States ambassador to the United Nations and director of global affairs at the National Security Council, where he was responsible for peacekeeping and humanitarian affairs.

Orr is fluent in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.

Nicki Fiocco
Director, Governor's Office on Service and Volunteerism the Maryland State Service Commission

Nicki Fiocco was appointed as Director of the Maryland State Service Commission in December 2019. With a decade of service-based career Nicki establishes strategic partnerships and spearheads outreach campaigns that increase the awareness of AmeriCorps and National Service across the state. As director, Nicki has the opportunity to work closely with national service advocacy groups, local and national nonprofit organizations and engages regularly with the global community focused on addressing the planet's most pressing issues through human capital. Nicki serves on the Board of Directors for the Baltimore Community ToolBank, and on the Advocacy Committee for the Service Year Alliance Alumni Committee. Her personal mission statement is, “My superpower is connecting, my purpose is to bring the right people together so we can gain the knowledge and tools to make the world a better place”.

Julie Silverbrook
Senior Director of Partnerships, iCivics

Julie serves as Senior Director ofPartnerships and Constitutional Scholar in Residence at iCivics. Julie servedas Executive Director of The Constitutional Sources Project (ConSource) inWashington, DC, from 2012-2020. She regularly writes and lectures on the UnitedStates Constitution and its history, and the importance of civic education tothe health of the American republic. Julie has nearly a decade of experience ingrowth projects for non-profit organizations, cultivating partnerships, fundraising, coalition-building, and business development and management. She holds a J.D. from the William & Mary Law School, where she received theNational Association of Women Lawyers Award and the Thurgood Marshall Award and served as a Senior Articles Editor on the William & Mary Bill of RightsJournal. She graduated Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa from The GeorgeWashington University with a B.A. in Political Science. Upon graduation, she was awarded the GW Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished ScholarAward, the highest academic award given to a student in the arts and sciences college.