We hope you enjoyed the USM Training Committee’s system-wide Administrative Professionals Conference (APC). This conference was available at no cost to all USM administrative professionals, thanks to contributions from all 12 institutions. Please use the "Click here to view past events" button to log in to and view video recordings of the Keynote Panel and Workshops.

The USM would like to thank the following individuals for making the APC 2022 possible:

Keynote Panelists

• Blair Hayes, PhD, Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer, and Ombudsman, UMGC
• Denise Wilkerson, Chief of Staff to the Chancellor, USMO
• Georgina Dodge, PhD, Vice President, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, UMD
• Jennifer Litchman, Senior Vice President for External Relations and Special Assistant to the President, UMB
• Valerie Thomas, Chief Human Resources Office, UMBC
• Moderator | Jill Weinknecht Wardell, Director, Workplace Learning, OD & Wellness, UMBC

Workshop Presenters

• Sarah Swatski, Program Coordinator for the UMBC Faculty Development Center at UMBC
• Michelle Hixon, Instructional Technologist at FSU
• Dr. Jennifer Rankin, Associate Professor at FSU
• Melody Wright, Learning and Development Coordinator at UMBC
• Sheree Avent, Director of Operations, Civil and Environmental Engineering at UMD
• Cleopatra White, Associate Director, Civil and Environmental Engineering at UMD
• Ryan Raines, IT Coordinator, DIT Community Support & Outreach at UMD
• Nicole Coomber, Associate Clinical Professor at UMD
• Paul Schuler, Executive Assistant to the Vice President at TU
• Dena Barnwell, Operations Manager at TU
• Sareil Brookins, Human Resources/Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Coordinator at UMD
• Rodney Urand, Instructional Technology Specialist at UMB

The USM Training Committee

• Mary Harrison (BSU)
• Dr. Lisa Early (CSU)
• Heather Killeen, Danielle Dabrowski, and Christopher Everett (FSU)
• Christine Benoit (SU)
• Zandra Rawlinson (UB)
• Mike Noll, Kelly Ward, and Michele Hunt (UMB)
• Jill Wardell and Melody Wright (UMBC)
• Namrata Tabitha Ram-Andriessens (Chair), Lilian Rosen, and Chris Fukui (UMD)
• Massiel Leech (UMGC)
• Neena Narayanan and Devon Artist (USMO)

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