Co-Chairs
Philip Rous
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Bruce Walz
Professor and Chair, Emergency Health Services
Chair, Academic Planning and Budget Committee
Members Representing Shared Governance Groups
Max Barnhart
SGA Representative
Dottie Caplan
President, Non-Exempt Staff Senate
Executive Administrative Assistant, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
Dan Miller
President, Graduate Student Association
Sarah Shin
President, Faculty Senate
Professor, Education and Co-Director, M.A. TESOL Program
Laila Shishineh
Past President, Professional Staff Senate
Assistant Director, First Year Experience
Additional Members
Stephen Bradley
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Visual Arts
Phil Farabaugh
Professor and Chair, Biological Sciences
Aryya Gangopadhyay
Professor and Chair, Information Systems
Tyson King-Meadows
Associate Professor, Political Science and Acting Chair, Africana Studies
Kim Leisey
Associate Vice President, Student Affairs
Vanderlei Martins
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Physics
Carole McCann
Professor and Chair, Gender and Women’s Studies
Yvette Mozie-Ross ‘88
Vice Provost for Enrollment Management and Planning
Mavis Sanders
Professor, Education
Lynne Schaefer
Vice President, Administration and Finance
Gregory Simmons ‘04
Vice President, Institutional Advancement
Karl Steiner
Vice President, Research
Jack Suess ‘81 ’95
Vice President, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
Claire Welty
Professor, CBEE and Director, Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education
Ex Officio Members
Robert Carpenter
Co-chair, Middle States Steering Committee
Bennett Moe ‘88
Past President, Alumni Association Board
Ken Pittman ‘80
President, Alumni Association Board
Strategy Group Co-Chairs
Stephen Bradley
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Visual Arts
Aryya Gangopadhyay
Professor and Chair, Information Systems
Devin Hagerty
Professor, Political Science, and Program Director, Global Studies
Jeff Leips
Professor, Biological Sciences
Kim Leisey
Associate Vice President, Student Affairs
Carole McCann
Professor and Chair, Gender and Women’s Studies
Mavis Sanders
Professor, Education
John Schumacher
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Sociology and Anthropology
Greg Simmons
Vice President, Institutional Advancement
Senior Advisors
Experienced subject-matter experts serving as consultants to strategy groups
Lisa Akchin
Associate Vice President and Assistant to the President
Michael Dillon
Associate Vice Provost, Institutional Research, Analysis, and Decision Support
Peter Henderson
Senior Advisor to the President
John Martello ‘76
Vice Provost, Professional Studies and Chairman/CEO, UMBC Training Centers
Patrice McDermott
Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs
Antonio Moreira
Vice Provost, Academic Affairs
Julia Ross
Dean, College of Engineering and Information Technology
Julianne Simpson
Assistant Director, Planning
Valerie Thomas
Associate Vice President, Human Resources
Charlene Uhl
Director, Budget and Resource Analysis
Nico Washington
Assistant Provost, Financial Management
Technical Assistance Team
Staff supporting planning process engagement and communications
David Hoffman
Assistant Director of Student Life–Civic Agency
Roland King
Communications Manager, Campus News and Community Engagement
Amanda Knapp
Assistant Vice Provost, Academic Standards and Policy Administration
Leslie Kruger
Executive Administrative Assistant, Office of Institutional Advancement
Connie Pierson
Director of Institutional Research
Jill Wardell
Manager of Workplace Learning and Wellness
Dinah Winnick
Director of Communications