UMBrella Coaching Program

Kristina Alayan, JD, MLIS

Kristina J. Alayan is the Associate Dean for Library & Technology. She oversees all aspects of library and technology operations and services through strategic and collaborative leadership to s... Read More

Patty Alvarez, PHD

Patty Alvarez, PhD, serves as the chief student affairs officer and associate vice president of student affairs at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She has more than 20 years of professional ... Read More

Crystal Edwards, JD, MA

Crystal Edwards, JD, MA currently serves as the Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs at Maryland Carey Law.  Dean Edwards has successfully served in various roles at the law school, including d... Read More

Jana Goodwin Goodwin, PhD, RN, CNE

Jana Goodwin, PhD, RN, CNE, began her journey at the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) in 2001 as a clinical instructor. Over the years, she's taken on various roles, notably as the ... Read More

Jennifer Litchman

Phone: 410-706-3477
Email: jlitchman@umaryland.edu

Jennifer Litchman is senior vice president for external relations at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). She received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of South Carolina, a mas... Read More

Laura Kozak

Phone: 410-706-8138
Email: lkozak@umaryland.edu

Laura Kozak, MA, is chief marketing officer and senior associate vice president in the Office of Communications and Public Affairs (CPA) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. A hands-on, do-it-... Read More

Elisa Medina, MSW, ACC

Elisa Medina serves as a project administrator for service excellence in Human Resource Services (HRS) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB).  She holds a bachelor’s degree in e... Read More

Jenny Owens, ScD, MS

Dr. Jenny Owens serves as an Assistant Dean and Associate Professor in the School of Graduate Studies, as well as the Executive Director of the "the Grid" at UMB.  She teaches courses in the M... Read More

Nicole Palmore, MSW

Nicole K. Palmore is the executive director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within Administration & Finance at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). Prior to this role, she was the d... Read More

Sheryl Syme, RDH, MS

Sheryl Syme, RDH, MS is an associate professor in the School of Dentistry. She currently teaches dental students in the division of periodontics. She has been a faculty member for 28 years at the S... Read More

Shannon Tucker, PhD, MS, CPHIMS

Shannon Tucker, PHD, MS, CPHIMS, is the assistant dean of instructional design and technology and an affiliate assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, where she superv... Read More

Niya Werts, PHD, MIS, MS, EHS, LMT

She previously served as the Graduate Program Director for the Masters of Science of Health Science at Towson University. In her work in graduate and continuing education, Dr. Werts has served mult... Read More

Thelma B. Wright, M.D., J.D., MBA

Thelma B. Wright is an associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM). A faculty member of UMSOM’s Department of Anesthesiology, she is also medical director of ... Read More