Committee Members
The President's Commission on Disability Issues and PCDI Student Advisory Committee members are a dedicated group of faculty, staff, and students representing a wide range of campus units, including but not limited to the Accessibility & Disability Service, Resident Life, Division of Information Technology, Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Facilities Management, University Career Center & The President’s Promise, Department of Transportation Services and University Libraries, University Recreation and Wellness, colleges and schools across campus.
2019-20 Members Pictured From Left to Right: (Top) Peter Leone, Shakia Asamoah, Nancy Forsythe, Christine Hottel, Ana Palla-Kane, Melanie Kill, Deborah Mateik, Nedelina Tchangalova, Ron Padron, Kris Phillips, Alex Peterson, Teressa Ferraro, Paul Jaeger, Marie Harvey, Michelle Appel, (Bottom) JoEllen Barnhart, Will Shawhan, Amanda Preperato
2020-21 Members
Co-chairs | Position and Department/Unit | |
Ana Palla-Kane (she/her) | Senior IT Accessibility and UX Specialist, Division of IT | anapalla@umd.edu |
Paul Jaeger | Professor, College of Information Studies | pjaeger@umd.edu |
Graduate Assistant | ||
Alex Peterson (she/her) | Graduate Student, Dept. of Hearing and Speech Sciences | asp12@umd.edu |
PCDI Members | ||
Michelle Appel | Director, Office of Inst. Research, Planning & Assessment | mappel@umd.edu |
Kosi Asabere | Web Accessibility Specialist, Division of IT | kasabere@umd.edu |
Leonard Azonobi | Capital Project Planner, Design and Construction, FM | lazonobi@umd.edu |
JoEllen Barnhart | Lecturer, Institute of Applied Agriculture | jbarnha1@umd.edu |
Courtney Brown | Senior Project Manager, Vice President for Admin and Finance | chbrown@umd.edu |
Amarja Desai | Assistive Technology Associate, Trace Center | amdesai@umd.edu |
Nancy Forsythe | Career Development Specialist, University Career Center | nforsyt2@umd.edu |
Cara Fleck (she/her) | Assistant Director for Marketing & Communications, DOTS | fleckc@umd.edu |
Jocelyn Fleming | Sr. Program Manager, Planning & Construction, FM | jflemin2@umd.edu |
Meredith Gramlich (she/her) | Senior Faculty Specialist, CTCI, College of Education | mgramlic@umd.edu |
Marie Parker Harvey | Training Development Coordinator, CTCI, College of Education | mpharvey@umd.edu |
Ashley Hawkins | SGA - Student Government Association Representative | ahawkin6@umd.edu |
Cassidy Rae Henry | PhD Candidate, Department of Linguistics | crhenry@umd.edu |
Christine Hottel | Leave Coordinator, University Human Resources | chottel@umd.edu |
Jo Ann Hutchinson (she/her) | Director, Accessibility and Disability Service | jahutch@umd.edu |
Bria Jackson (she/her) | Resident Director, North Hill Community | bjacks@umd.edu |
Susan Johnston | Instructional Designer, Division of IT | sbj@umd.edu |
Chetan Joshi | Director, Counseling Center | cajoshi@umd.edu |
Grace Karmiol | Director & Title IX Officer, Office of Civil Rights & Sexual Misconduct | gkarmiol@umd.edu |
Melanie Kill (she/her) | Assistant Professor, Dept. of English | mkill@umd.edu |
(Roberto) Patricio Korzeniewicz | Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, BSOS | korzen@umd.edu |
Yewon Lee | Assistant Professor, Department of Education | ylee137@umd.edu |
Deborah Mateik | Director, Learning Technology Design, Division of IT | zdeb@umd.edu |
Bonnie Miranda (she/her) | Manager, Office of Faculty Affairs | mirandab@umd.edu |
Christopher Moore | Assistant Director, Facilities-Administrative Services | cmoore@umd.edu |
Raymond J. Nardella | Manager, Department of Resident Life | rnardell@umd.edu |
Dan Newsome | Coordinator, Adaptive Tech Lab, Accessibility and Disability Service | wdn@umd.edu |
Daune O'Brien | Lecturer, Department of English | dmobrien@umd.edu |
Taylor Oshan | Assistant Professor, Department of Geographical Sciences | toshan@umd.edu |
Sara Olsen | PhD Candidate, School of Public Health | solsen@umd.edu |
Ron Padrón (he/him) | Interim Director for UG. Operations, College of Information Studies | rapadron@umd.edu |
Kris Phillips | Director, Dept. of Facilities Planning | kphilli5@umd.edu |
Amanda Preperato (she/her) | Assistant Director, University Recreation & Wellness | aprep@umd.edu |
Tamara Saunders | Assistant to Director & Training Manager, Office of Civil Rights & Sexual Misconduct | tmsaunde@umd.edu |
Amanda Strausser | Assistant to the Dean, The Graduate School | astraus3@umd.edu |
Nedelina Tchangalova (she/her) | Public Health Librarian, UMD Libraries | nedelina@umd.edu |
Adith Thummalapalli | Alumni, UMD School of Engineering | aditht@gmail.com |
Nancy Vera | GSG - Graduate Student Government Representative | |
Sika Wheeler | Asst. Director of Diversity Programming & Engagement | sika@umd.edu |
Student Advisory Committee Members | Affiliation and Program | |
Deanna Barath | Graduate Student | dbarath@terpmail.umd.edu |
Katherine Grady | Graduate Student | Kgrady1@terpmail.umd.edu |
Ira Kraemer (they/she) | Graduate Student, NACS, Biology | ikraemer@terpmail.umd.edu |
Ashley Hawkins | Undergraduate Student | ahawkin6@umd.edu |
Cassidy Henry | Graduate Student | crhenry@umd.edu |
Jonathan Paul Katz | Graduate Student | Jpkatz@umd.edu |
Alex Peterson | Graduate Student, Hearing and Speech Sciences | asp12@umd.edu |
Jillian McGuffey | Undergraduate Student | jillianmcguffey@gmail.com |
Juhi Narula | Undergraduate Student | jnarula@terpmail.umd.edu |
William Shawhan | Undergraduate Student, Agricultural and Resource Economics | wshawhan@terpmail.umd.edu |
Leah Simmon | Undergraduate Student | lsimmon6@terpmail.umd.edu |
Adith Thummalapalli | Alumni | aditht@gmail.com |
Zachary Tumlin | Alumni | zachary.tumlin@gmail.com |
Brett Wilcom | Undergraduate Student | brettwilcom@comcast.net |
Audrey Wilke | Alumni | awilke@terpmail.umd.edu |