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title: "Members | President's Commission on Women's Issues"
date: 2022-03-15T23:21:00-04:00
author: Mei Lu
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# Members | President&#039;s Commission on Women&#039;s Issues


## Commission Members


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## Chair Emerita:


**Ellin K. Scholnick**   
Faculty Ombudsperson &amp; Professor Emerita   
Office of the President   
4205 John S. Toll Physics Bldg.   
301-405-1901   
<escholni@umd.edu>


## Chair:


**Erin McClure (she/her)**  
Director of Operations &amp; Chief of Staff  
Diversity &amp; Equity Officer  
School of Public Health  
2242M School of Public Health Bldg.  
301-405-2437  
<elmc@umd.edu>


## Graduate Assistant


**Angie Peterson (they/any)**  
[](mailto:ajkdp@umd.edu)M.Ed. Candidate: School Counseling[  
ajkdp@umd.edu](mailto:ajkdp@umd.edu)  
240-676-6747


## Members:


**Pamela Abshire**  
Professor  
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering  
2211 A.V. Williams Building   
301-405-6629[  
pabshire@umd.edu](mailto:pabshire@umd.edu)

**Gloria Aparicio Blackwell**  
Director   
Office of Community Engagement   
0303 Marie Mount Hall  
301-405-5643  
<gaparici@umd.edu>

**Jocelyn Coates**   
Graduate Assistant II  
Department of Women’s Studies   
0111 Taliaferro Hall  
301-405-7709  
<jmcoates@umd.edu>

**Nicole Coomber**  
Associate Clinical Professor   
Department of Management and Organization  
Robert H. Smith Business School  
4251 Van Munching Hall  
301-405-3908  
<ncottre@umd.edu>

**Stephanie Cork**  
Graduate Assistant  
Kinesiology  
1225 School of Public Health Building.  
240-485-4722  
<scork@umd.edu>

**Carly Cottone, Ex Officio**  
Outreach Liaison  
CARE to Stop Violence  
0170 Health Center  
301-314-2222  
[ccottone@umd.edu](mailto:rgumbs@umd.edu)

**Dawn Culpepper**  
Faculty Specialist, ADVANCE  
1402 Marie Mount Hall  
301-405-4817  
<dkculpep@umd.edu>

**Cynthia Edmunds, Ex Officio**  
Assistant to the President &amp; Interim Chief Diversity Officer  
Office of the President  
2411 Marie Mount Hall  
<cedmunds@umd.edu>

**Evalyn R. Hamilton**  
Customer Service Coordinator  
Counseling Center Accessibility and Diversity Service  
0106 Shoemaker Bldg.  
301-314-7682  
<evalyn@umd.edu>

**Tami Lee** Assistant Director for Fitness &amp; Wellness  
RecWell  
301-226-4407[  
tamilee@umd.edu](mailto:tamilee@umd.edu)

**Linda LeNoir**  
Assistant Director  
University Career Center  
3100 Hornbake Library  
301-314-7240  
<llenoir@umd.edu>

**Tiara Lowe**  
Academic Advisor  
College of Arts and Humanities  
1120 Francis Scott Key Hall  
301-405-2113  
<tllowe@umd.edu>

**Monica Morrell**  
Graduate Assistant III  
Human Development and Quantitative Methodology  
1230 Benjamin Building  
301-405-5084  
<mmorell@umd.edu>

**Angie Peterson**  
Graduate Assistant  
240-676-6747  
<ajkdp@umd.edu>

**Tracy Riggins**  
Associate Professor  
Department of Psychology  
2147J Biology-Psychology Bldg.  
301-405-5905  
<riggins@umd.edu>

**Elisabeth Smela**  
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Graduate Programs in the College of Engineering Professor  
Department of Mechanical Engineering  
2112 Martin Hall  
301-405-5265  
<smela@umd.edu>

**Ann C. Smith, Ex Officio**   
Assistant Dean &amp; Ombudsperson  
Office of Undergraduate Studies  
2110 Marie Mount Hall  
301-405-9165  
<asmith@umd.edu>

**Paige Smith (on leave 2018-2019)**  
Director  
Women in Engineering  
1131 Martin Hall  
301-405-3931  
<pesmith@umd.edu>

****Linda Steiner****  
Professor, Philip Merrill College of Journalism  
Director, University of Maryland ADVANCE  
Editor, *Journalism &amp; Communication Monographs*  
Fellow, International Communication Association  
3203 John S. and James L. Knight Hall  
301-405-2426  
<lsteiner@umd.edu>

**Brooke Supple**  
Chief of Staff  
Division of Student Affairs  
2108M Clarence M. Mitchell Bldg.  
301-314-8437  
<bsupple@umd.edu>

**Michelle V Watson**  
Public Relations &amp; Marketing Coordinator  
University Career Center &amp; President's Promise  
3100 Hornbake Library  
301-314-7230  
[mlopezmu@umd.edu ](mailto:mlopezmu@umd.edu%C2%A0)

**Timea Webster**  
Executive Assistant  
Office of Diversity and Inclusion  
2411 Marie Mount Hall  
301-405-6810  
<twebste1@umd.edu>



