Our team purpose is to inspire service excellence at every level by supporting and valuing our employees, leading our teams effectively, honoring our Guiding Principles, and fostering purposeful collaboration among ourselves.

For the full leadership structure, please download the A&F Organizational Chart.

Dawn M. Rhodes, DBA

Dawn M. Rhodes, DBA

Chief Business and Finance Officer and Senior Vice President

Phone: 410-706-2802
Email: drhodes@umaryland.edu

Dawn Rhodes serves as chief business and finance officer and senior vice president, overseeing UMB's $1.3 billion budget. She has 40 years of experience in finance and operations, including 30 in h... Read More

Scott Bitner, MBA, CPA

Scott Bitner, MBA, CPA

Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Finance and Auxiliary Services

Phone: 410-706-3822
Email: sbitner@umaryland.edu

Scott Bitner has worked at UMB since 2012 and has more than 30 years of financial leadership experience. His responsibilities include Sponsored Projects Accounting and Compliance (SPAC); Budge... Read More

Anna Borgerding, MA

Anna Borgerding, MA

Assistant Vice President, Facilities and Operations

Phone: 410-706-0123
Email: aborgerding@umaryland.edu

A member of the UMB community for 14 years, Anna Borgerding was named assistant vice president, Facilities and Operations, in 2023. She has over 10 years of experience implementing standard operati... Read More

Jonathan Bratt, MS

Jonathan Bratt, MS

Assistant Vice President, Office of Enterprise Resilience

Phone: 443-212-8020
Email: jbratt@umaryland.edu

Jon Bratt joined UMB in 2018 when he was appointed as UMB’s inaugural director of emergency management. In 2023, Jon became UMB’s first assistant vice president of enterprise resilience... Read More

Lisa Crawley

Lisa Crawley

Office Manager

Phone: 410-706-8200
Email: lisa.crawley@umaryland.edu

Lisa Crawley serves as office manager for the Office of the Senior Vice President. A member of the UMB community since 2010, she joined Administration and Finance (A&F) in 2022. She is responsi... Read More

Thomas Leone, MSL

Thomas Leone, MSL

Assistant Vice President for Public Safety and Chief of Police

Phone: 410-706-6882
Email: tleone@police.umaryland.edu

Thomas Leone joined University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) Police and Public Safety in 2016 after a 20-year career with the Frederick County (Md.) Sheriff’s Office. He holds a Master of Scie... Read More

Latoya Ludd, MBA

Latoya Ludd, MBA

Manager, Business Operations

Phone: 410-706-2802
Email: lludd@umaryland.edu

Latoya Ludd provides executive support to the Office of the Senior Vice President of Administration and Finance (A&F). She is a frequent project lead, planning activities and events and ma... Read More

Malika S. Monger, MPA, PHR

Malika S. Monger, MPA, PHR

Chief Human Resources Officer and Associate Vice President

Phone: 410-706-2606
Email: mmonger@umaryland.edu

Malika Monger is responsible for directing the University’s overall strategic and operational human resources (HR) functions, including Organizational and Employee Development, Employee and L... Read More

Luke Mowbray, MS

Luke Mowbray, MS

Director of Real Estate, Planning, and Space Management

Phone: 410-706-3541
Email: lmowbray@umaryland.edu

Luke Mowbray is an urban planning and real estate professional with a diversity of project experiences including facilities master planning, project management, capital budgeting, space management,... Read More

Nicole Palmore, MSW

Nicole Palmore, MSW

Executive Director of Diversity and Inclusion

Phone: 410-706-4551
Email: nicole.palmore@umaryland.edu

Nicole Palmore serves as executive director of diversity and inclusion. She previously served as director of diversity, inclusion, and intercultural learning at the University of Maryland Scho... Read More

Karen Park, MA, MBA

Karen Park, MA, MBA

Chief of Staff and Director, Strategic Projects

Phone: 410-706-2998
Email: karen.park@umaryland.edu

A member of the UMB community for 14-plus years and with 25-plus years of health care administration experience, Karen Park serves as chief of staff and oversees strategic projects for Administrati... Read More

Dan Reed

Dan Reed

Senior Communications Specialist

Phone: 410-706-3885
Email: dan.reed@umaryland.edu

Dan Reed joined the University of Maryland, Baltimore in 2023 after a 15-year career as a communications/public relations specialist in the field of advertising. He is a skilled content creator and... Read More

Anna Schowengerdt

Anna Schowengerdt

Assistant Vice President for International Operations

Phone: 410-706-4375
Email: aschowengerdt@umaryland.edu

Anna Schowengerdt has over 25 years of experience leading international programs, teams, and functions at the managerial and executive levels. She provides strategic leadership of international ope... Read More