Alvin and German conduct a great conversation on Colgate’s campus in front of students with U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Chief of the Research Office in the Refugee, Asylum, and International Operations, LeRoy Potts, ’85. In this role he leads a highly-skilled research team that delivers a variety of unclassified research products, which support more than 1200 officers in adjudicating complex refugee and asylum cases. LeRoy is also one of the co-founders of the Colgate Alumni of Color organization which this year will be celebrating it’s 35th anniversary. After Colgate, LeRoy earned an MPA (1990) from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, and a J.D. (2002) from The George Washington University School of Law. In 2021, he was awarded the Council on Foreign Relations 2021–2022 International Affairs Fellowship in Canada. Potts will research immigration, race, and national identity. While at Colgate, he received his B.A. in Political and International Relations.