The Center for Global Engagement is an academic resource center for University of Maryland, Baltimore faculty and students who are interested in global education opportunities. We promote and support interprofessional global education, identify global themes that can be contextualized locally, and facilitate academic work related to global education.

 

Our Team

Virginia Rowthorn, JD, LLM

Virginia Rowthorn, JD, LLM

Assistant Vice President for Global Engagement
Executive Director of the Center for Global Engagement
Associate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Graduate Studies

Phone: (410) 706-3098
Email: virginia.rowthorn@umaryland.edu

Virginia Rowthorn, JD, LLM (Global Health Law), is assistant vice president for global engagement at the University of Maryland, Baltimore and executive director of the Center for Global Engagement... Read More

Michelle Sullivan

Michelle Sullivan

Global Program Manager for the Center for Global Engagement

Phone: (410) 706-0882
Email: michelle.sullivan@umaryland.edu

Michelle Sullivan is the Global Program Manager for the Center for Global Engagement. Michelle previously worked as the Program Manager and then Program Consultant for Comp-U-Dopt, a national techn... Read More

Lauren Taylor

Lauren Taylor

Senior Communications and Events Specialist at the Center for Global Engagement

Phone: (410) 706-2425
Email: lauren.taylor@umaryland.edu

Lauren Taylor is the Senior Communications and Events Specialist in the Center for Global Engagement at UMB. Previously, she worked at Leadership Baltimore County and the Baltimore County Chambe... Read More

Nick Cortina

Nick Cortina

Global Program Specialist

Phone: (410) 706-6331
Email: ncortina@umaryland.edu

Nick Cortina is the Global Program Specialist for the Center for Global Engagement. Nick previously worked as a Project Associate for Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI), an international devel... Read More

Amy Ramirez, MA

Amy Ramirez, MA

Executive Director of Global Learning and International Services

Phone: (410) 706-7488
Email: aramirez@umaryland.edu

Amy Ramirez, MA, was hired in 2011 as Director of the Office of International Services to oversee services to UMB’s international student and scholar community. In 2022, she was promoted t... Read More

Gina M. Dreyer, MA

Gina M. Dreyer, MA

Associate Director of the Office of International Services

Email: gdreyer@umaryland.edu

Gina M. Dreyer is the Associate Director of the Office of International Services where she oversees the international student and scholar advising team. Gina manages UMB’s compliance with ... Read More

Semhar Okbazion, LLM

Semhar Okbazion, LLM

Assistant Director of the Office of International Services

Phone: (410) 706-7488
Email: sokbazion@umaryland.edu

Semhar Okbazion is Assistant Director of the Office of International Services and is the point person for employment visa sponsorship for international faculty and staff, including H-1B, TN, and... Read More

Emily Markes, M.Ed.

Emily Markes, M.Ed.

Assistant Director of International Services

Phone: (410) 706-4484
Email: emarkes@umaryland.edu

Emily Markes is Assistant Director of International Services and works with visa sponsorship for international faculty and staff, including J-1, H-1B, TN, and E-3. She advises hiring units at UM... Read More

Mio Kamijo

Mio Kamijo

International Student Advisor

Phone: (410) 706-0025
Email: mkamijo@umaryland.edu

Mio Kamijo is the International Student Advisor in the Office of International Services, where she assists new and continuing international students by advising them on federal immigration reg... Read More

CGE Senior Fellows

Carlos A. Faerron Guzmán, MD, MSc

Carlos A. Faerron Guzmán, MD, MSc

CGE Senior Fellow
Associate Professor of Global Health, UMB School of Graduate Studies

Email: cfaerronguzman@umaryland.edu

Carlos A. Faerron Guzmán, MD, MSc, is an Associate Professor of Global Health at the UMB School of Graduate Studies. He is also the Director of the Centro Interamericano para la Salud Glo... Read More

Jody Olsen, PhD, MSW

Jody Olsen, PhD, MSW

CGE Senior Fellow
Former Director, Peace Corps

Dr. Josephine (Jody) Olsen, PhD, MSW served as the 20th Director of the Peace Corps from March 2018 to January 2021. With the beginning of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Olsen made the unprec... Read More

Leslie B. Glickman, PT, PhD

Leslie B. Glickman, PT, PhD

CGE Senior Fellow
Visiting Assistant Professor, UM School of Medicine

Leslie B. Glickman, PT, PhD, is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the UM School of Medicine's Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science and a Senior Fellow in the UMB Center fo... Read More