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Community The Community Focus Area is supported by selected representatives from across UMB. The table below identifies the RTF focus area status of each recommendation or decision followed by a membership roster including the primary and deputy focus area leader. The following initiatives have been approved by senior leadership to move forward as part of the COVID-19 Recovery process.

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UMB Approved Initiatives

IssueStatus
Erase the Digital Divide In Progress
Establish a vaccination clinic In Progress
Ramp Up UMB Communications with Community In Progress
Address Risk Management Needs for Volunteers and Staff In Progress

Erase the Digital Divide

In Progress

DescriptionDate ApprovedExpected Completion
  • Take the lead in convening, championing, and investing in delivering comprehensive, high-quality internet service to every household, school, business, and nonprofit in our West Baltimore target area by bringing city, state and corporate partners together to address and meet the technical and financial requirements. Commit the expertise, talent, and industry connections of UMB’s Chief Information Officer and the University IT team to accomplishing this initiative. 
 6/26/20  

Establish a vaccination clinic

In Progress

DescriptionDate ApprovedExpected Completion
  • Establish a vaccination clinic in the health suite at the new Community Engagement Center that would provide the vaccinations required for children in kindergarten, pre-K, and entering seventh-graders as they prepare for each new school year.
  • Clinic would run for about four weeks – late August to mid-September.
  • Clinic would be open to all children of these school ages from throughout West Baltimore and particularly target schools from the Southwest Partnership area up to Promise Heights.
  • Clinic would partner with the Baltimore City Health Department, which would provide vaccines and coordinate recordkeeping.
  • BCPS and principals and community school coordinators would provide support and communications.
 6/26/20  

Ramp Up UMB Communications with Community

In Progress

DescriptionDate ApprovedExpected Completion
  • Add a community interest area to UMB website that provides information on COVID-19.
 6/26/20  

Address Risk Management Needs for Volunteers and Staff

In Progress

DescriptionDate ApprovedExpected Completion
  • Provide and publicize UMB guidelines for community members visiting the campus and provide cloth masks for community members that have forgotten theirs.
 6/26/20  

Focus Area Roster

  • Primary Focus Area Leader

    Jane Shaab 
    Associate Vice President Economic Development
    University of Maryland, Baltimore
    Executive Director, UM BioPark

  • Deputy Focus Area Leader

    Brian Sturdivant, MSW
    Director, Strategic Initiatives and Community Partnerships
    University of Maryland, Baltimore

     

Focus Area Members

  • Jose Bahamonde-Gonzalez, JD 
    Associate Dean for Professional Education and Pro Bono Initiatives 
    University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of  Law

    Tonya Bell
    Assistant Chief of Police
    UMB Police
    University of Maryland, Baltimore

    Vanessa P. Fahie, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Organizational Systems and Adult Health
    University of Maryland School of Nursing
    Member, UMB Diversity Advisory Council

    Sarah Conolly Hokenmaier, MPA
    Director of Operations
    Department of Family and Community Health
    University of Maryland School of Nursing
    UMB Staff Senate Representative

    Laundette Jones, PhD, MPH
    Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
    Associate Director,  STAR-PREP (Postbaccalaureate Research and Education Program)
    Deputy Director, Program in Health Equity and Population Health
    University of Maryland School of Medicine

    Larry Kushner
    Associate Vice President, Office of Philanthropy & Annual Giving
    University of Maryland, Baltimore

    Susan F. Lawrence
    Senior Government Affairs Specialist
    University of Maryland, Baltimore

    Thomas Leone
    Deputy Chief of Police
    UMB Police
    University of Maryland, Baltimore

    Kyle Locke, MS
    Development Officer
    University of Maryland Graduate School

    Bronwyn Mayden, MSW
    Executive Director, Promise Heights
    University of Maryland School of Social Work

  • Gia Grier McGinnis, MS, DrPH
    Executive Director, UMB CURE Scholars Program
    University of Maryland, Baltimore

    C. Daniel Mullins, PhD
    Professor and Chair
    PHSR Department
    University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

    Jenny Owens, ScD, MS
    Assistant Dean, University of Maryland Graduate School 
    Faculty Executive Director, Graduate Research Innovation District, "the Grid"

    Michael Seipp
    Executive Director, Southwest Partnership

    Wendy E. Shaia, EdD, MSW
    Clinical Associate Professor and Executive Director
    Social Work Community Outreach Service (SWCOS)
    The Positive Schools Center and Family Connections
    University of Maryland School of Social Work

    Barnard Smit, MFA
    James McHenry Tech Center Coordinator
    Community Engagement Center
    University of Maryland, Baltimore

    Ashley Valis, MSW
    Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives and Community Engagement
    University of Maryland, Baltimore

    Anne Williams, DNP, MS, RN
    Director of Community Health Improvement
    University of Maryland Medical System

    Susan Wozenski, JD, MPH
    Chair, Family and Community Health
    University of Maryland School of Nursing

     

    Legal Advisors

    Allison Levin, JD
    Staff Attorney
    Office of University Counsel
    University of Maryland, Baltimore 

    Arthur (Skip) Rose, JD
    University Counsel
    Office of University Counsel
    University of Maryland, Baltimore

     

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