Meet the Team

The Masters Programs Office in 2308 Van Munching Hall, College Park is the primary office, and it is open Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m - 4:30 p.m. 

You can direct an email to smith-masters-programs-office@umd.edu and it will be forwarded to the proper staff person for assistance.

If you are seeking information about admissions, please contact the MBA & MS Admissions Office in 2303 Van Munching Hall, College Park, at (301) 405-2559.

Contact Title Email Phone

Rachel Carr
Assistant Director, Flex & OMBA programs; Academic Advisor Online MBA (Last Name A - Q) - contact via smith-mpo-omba@umd.edu recarr@umd.edu (301) 405-8613

Mary Susan Forsythe
Office Manager mforsyth@umd.edu (301) 405-1777

Gabrielle Gibson
Assistant Director/MS in Supply Chain Management Academic Advisor gibson@umd.edu (301) 405-0104

Feven Girmay
Program Manager/Master of Finance and Master of Quantitative Finance Academic Advsior fgirmay@umd.edu (301) 405-6733

Kim Gonzalez
Assistant Director/MS in Management Studies and Online MS in Management Studies Academic Advisor kimgonz@umd.edu (301) 405-7852

Karen Jung
Program Manager, Baltimore Campus & OMBA; Academic Advisor Online MBA (Last Name R - Z) - contact via smith-mpo-omba@umd.edu kcjung@umd.edu (410) 706-4052

Alex Mainardi
Program Manager/MS in Business Analytics and Online MS in Business Analytics Academic Advisor alexmain@umd.edu 301-405-7095

Michael Marcellino
Assistant Dean, MBA & MS Programs mmarcell@umd.edu (301) 405-9565

Kathleen McAleese
Program Manager/MS in Accounting and MS in Marketing Analytics mcaleese@umd.edu (301) 405-2240

Susan Pollack
Program Manager, Rockville Campus pollacks@umd.edu

Vanessa Ramirez
Program Manager, FT MBA and MBA Events ramirezv@umd.edu

Tagrina "Taj" Rayhan
Assistant Director, FTMBA and MBA Operations trayhan@umd.edu (301) 405 - 7214

Amy Swann
Director, Business Master's Programs amyswann@umd.edu (301) 405-4152

Leean Thomas
Program Manager/MS in Information Systems lthoma15@umd.edu (301) 405-9549

Justin Thompson
Program Manager, Washington, DC Campus jht@umd.edu (301) 405-2347

Danielle Wang
Director, MBA Programs dwang@umd.edu