Higher Education in Maryland

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Higher Education in Maryland

Staff Directory
Organizational Listing

Administration
Name Position Title Phone Email
Danette Gerald Howard Interim Secretary of Higher Education 410-767-3043 dhoward@mhec.state.md.us
Gareth Murray Director - Legislative Affairs 410-767-3059 gmurray@mhec.state.md.us
Greg FitzGerald Special Assistant to the Secretary 410-767-3043 gfitzger@mhec.state.md.us

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Office of Attorney General
Name Position Title Phone Email
Catherine Shultz Assistant Attorney General - Principal Counsel 410-767-3311 cshultz@mhec.state.md.us
Patricia Logan Assistant Attorney General 410-767-3313 plogan@mhec.state.md.us
DeNisha Watson Assistant Attorney General 410-767-3309 dwatson@mhec.state.md.us
Susan Nolan Legal Assistant 410-767-3312 snolan@mhec.state.md.us

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Planning and Academic Affairs
Name Position Title Phone Email
Sue Blanshan Director of Academic Affairs 410-767-3268 sblansha@mhec.state.md.us
Dean Kendall Associate Director of Workforce Development 410-767-3284 dkendall@mhec.state.md.us
Genny Segura Senior Education Policy Analyst 410-767-3329 gsegura@mhec.state.md.us
Miya Simpson Education Policy Analyst 410-767-3277 msimpson@mhec.state.md.us
Brian Gibbons Veterans Affairs Analyst 410-767-3067 bgibbons@mhec.state.md.us
David Jorgenson Education Analyst-Career/Workforce Education 410-767-3293 djorgens@mhec.state.md.us
Amy Kania Education Analyst-Career/Workforce Education 410-767-3296 akania@mhec.state.md.us
Elaine Shaw-Taylor Administrative Specialist 410-767-3388 etaylor@mhec.state.md.us
Ronda Brown Aministrative Assistant -Career/Workforce Education 410-767-3403 rbrown@mhec.state.md.us

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Research Analysis
Name Position Title Phone Email
Danette Gerald Howard Director 410-767-3043 dhoward@mhec.state.md.us
Jon Enriquez Associate Director 410-767-3094 jenrique@mhec.state.md.us
Renee Hanson Policy and Research Analyst 410-767-3096 rhanson@mhec.state.md.us

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Finance Policy
Name Position Title Phone Email
Geoffrey Newman Director - Finance Policy 410-767-3085 gnewman@mhec.state.md.us
David Beard Finance Policy Analyst 410-767-3086 dbeard@mhec.state.md.us
Anthony Reiner Finance and Facilities 410-767-3087 areiner@mhec.state.md.us

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Office of Outreach & Grants Management
Name Position Title Phone Email
Melinda Vann Director Outreach & Grants Management 410-767-3269 mvann@mhec.state.md.us
Andrenette Mack-Augins Outreach and Grants Management Manager 410-767-3358 aaugins@mhec.state.md.us
Peggy Daw Nurse Support Program Coordinator 410-767-3372 pdaw@mhec.state.md.us
Kimberly Ford Program Administrator - GEAR UP 410-767-3227 kford@mhec.state.md.us
Katrina Johnson Administrative Support 410-767-3350 kjohnson@mhec.state.md.us

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Office of Student Financial Assistance
Name Position Title Phone Email
Elizabeth Urbanski Acting Director 410-767-3109 eurbansk@mhec.state.md.us
Monica Wheatley Acting Associate Director 410-767-3118 mwheatle@mhec.state.md.us
Maura Sappington Program Manager 410-767-3114 msapping@mhec.state.md.us
Julie Perrotta Program Supervisor 410-767-3192 jperrott@mhec.state.md.us
Linda Asplin Program Administrator 410-767-3122 lasplin@mhec.state.md.us
Carl Brooks Program Administrator 410-767-3245 cbrooks@mhec.state.md.us
Dawn Hastings Program Administrator 410-767-3154 dhasting@mhec.state.md.us
Sue Koch Program Specialist 410-767-3155 skoch@mhec.state.md.us
Gerrie Rogers Program Administrator 410-767-3126 grogers@mhec.state.md.us
Dawn Costigan Program Administrator 410-767-3124 dcostiga@mhec.state.md.us
Alice Legum Program Administrator 410-767-3153 alegum@mhec.state.md.us
Shamara Bownes Program Specialist 410-767-3199 sbownes@mhec.state.md.us
Switchboard Operator 410-767-3300

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Office of Information Systems
Name Position Title Phone Email
Parris Jackson Acting Director 410-767-3101 pjackson@mhec.state.md.us
Robyn Brayton Systems Specialist 410-767-3106 rbrayton@mhec.state.md.us
Dave DelGaudio Network Specialist 410-767-3104 ddelgaud@mhec.state.md.us
Bill Dowling Systems Specialist 410-767-3103 wdowling@mhec.state.md.us
Gail Fisher Systems Specialist 410-767-3102 gfisher@mhec.state.md.us
Alexander Robertson Systems Specialist 410-767-3105 aroberts@mhec.state.md.us

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Office of Administrative Services
Name Position Title Phone Email
Sandy Carrera Administrative Officer 410-767-3088 scarrera@mhec.state.md.us
La Juan Lee Procurement Officer 410-767-3090 llee@mhec.state.md.us
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