where he provides organizational leadership, oversees day-to-day operations, and works closely with the Executive Director to advance the Center’s artistic, institutional, and community-facing priorities. He collaborates with colleagues across Yale and with external constituencies—including the Schwarzman Center Advisory Board, visiting artists, and community partners—to strengthen the Center’s operations, reach, and public engagement.
Maurice joined Yale Schwarzman Center in 2020 as its inaugural Director of Marketing & Communications. In that role, he helped establish the Center’s identity, communications infrastructure, public presence, and reputation during a formative period in its development. He transitioned into the role of Deputy Director in November 2025.
Before joining Yale, Maurice served from 2016 to 2020 as communications minister for the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont, where he was a member of the Bishop’s staff and co-facilitated the diocese’s Racial Reconciliation & Racial Healing Network. He has also provided strategic consulting to small businesses and nonprofit organizations. Earlier in his career, he held senior communications positions with Fifth Third Bank and FirstGroup America, formerly the parent company of Greyhound, First Student, First Transit, and First Vehicle Services.
Maurice began his professional career in artist management, music production, and music licensing. Under the artist name Ionne, he is a recording artist, producer, live electronic performer, and Voting Member of the Recording Academy. His credits include original compositions for Guiding Light, Another World, As the World Turns, and MTV’s Making the Video, as well as work connected with gold and multi-platinum recordings, remixes, and collaborations with major and independent artists. His collaborators have included Grace Jones, Pocket Size, Blessid Union of Souls, LaKiesha Berri, Jennifer Fouché, GRAMMY-nominated guitarist Rod Harris Jr., and two-time GRAMMY Award winner Saunders Sermons.
Maurice holds a BBA, summa cum laude, in Management from Northwood University; an MS in Organizational Leadership from Mount St. Joseph University; and a PhD in Ethical and Creative Leadership, with a specialization in Martin Luther King Jr. Studies, from Union Institute & University. He is an artist and co-founder of 5015 Records LLC, a creative venture associated with Midnight Oil Collective. In fall 2024, he created and taught the Yale residential college seminar Artmaking & Leadership: An Integrative Approach.