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.
Virginia Rowthorn, JD, LLM
Assistant Vice President for Global EngagementExecutive 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
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
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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
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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
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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
Associate Director of the Office of International ServicesEmail: 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
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.
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
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
Carlos A. Faerron Guzmán, MD, MSc
CGE Senior FellowAssociate 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
CGE Senior FellowFormer 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
CGE Senior FellowVisiting 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