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

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

The mission of the Masters Programs Office (MPO) is to support students, lead initiatives to foster an engaging, inclusive and supportive Smith community, and provide critical operations and program logistics. MPO strives to facilitate academic success, a high level of student satisfaction, and interpersonal connections, to its constituents of MBA, Business Master’s and Plus 1 students.