Sixteen UMB faculty members participated in a 10-month program to enhance their leadership skills and prepare for career advancement.
The third cohort of the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s (UMB) Faculty Leadership Development Program (FLDP) was honored during a ceremony Nov. 7 at the Gladhill Boardroom in the Health Sciences and Human Services Library.
The 16-member group was recognized for completing a program that aims to enhance the leadership skills of UMB faculty members and prepare them for advancement in their careers. From January to October, the participants met in person and engaged in a range of leadership development activities on topics such as executive presence, diversity and inclusion, hiring and firing, interacting with the media, office politics, conflict resolution, philanthropy, strategic planning, mentoring, and more.
The program’s sessions were held once a month in person in the Gladhill Boardroom and led by facilitators such as UMB President Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS, and UMB Provost and Executive Vice President Roger J. Ward, EdD, JD, MSL, MPA, and included remarks from leadership across UMB and the University System of Maryland.
The third cohort was composed of faculty members representing all seven of UMB’s schools and library:
Francis King Carey School of Law
Kevin V. Tu, JD, professor of law and director, Business Law Program
Graduate School
Mary Jo Bondy, DHEd, MHS, PA-C, associate professor and director, DMSc Program
Colleen Ohm, MMS, PA-C, assistant professor and academic coordinator, PA Program
Health Sciences and Human Services Library
April Wright, MLS, outreach librarian
School of Dentistry
Vineet Dhar, BDS, MDS, PhD, clinical professor and department chair, Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry
Abraham Schneider, DDS, PhD, associate professor and director, Dental Biomedical Sciences PhD Program
School of Medicine
Omer Awan, MD, MPH, CIPP, professor and associate vice chair of education, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Gregory B. Carey, PhD, associate professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and assistant dean, Student Research and Education
Anique Forrester, MD, assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry
Seung J. Lee, MD, MBA, assistant professor, Department of Anesthesiology
R. Gentry Wilkerson, MD, associate professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, director of clinical research, and assistant residency program director
School of Nursing
Charlotte Nwogwugwu, DrPH, MPH, MSN-PMHNP, HIV PCP, CPH-BC, assistant professor, Department of Partnerships, Professional Education, and Practice
Kristen E. Rawlett, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, CNE, assistant professor, Department of Family and Community Health
School of Pharmacy
Steven Fletcher, PhD, associate professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
School of Social Work
Sarah Dababnah, PhD, MPH, MSW, associate professor
Theda Rose, PhD, MSW, associate professor
In photo, from left to right: Josh Abzug^, Mark Reynolds, Abraham Schneider*, Jim Kaper, Vineet Dhar*, Colleen Ohm*, Cherilyn Hendrix, MJ Bondy*, Kevin Tu*, Steven Fletcher*, Charlotte Nwogwugwu*, Seung Lee*, Kristen Rawlett*, Gentry Wilkerson*, Anique Forrester*, MJ Tooey, April Wright*, Gregory Carey*, Theda Rose*, Sarah Dababnah*, Judy Postmus, Yolanda Ogbolu, Roger Ward, Sarah Michel, and Chanel Whittaker^.
FLDP Cohort 3 is noted with (*). FLDP Alumni noted with (^).