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 relevant federal regulations governing non-immigrant visa sponsorship for F-1, J-1, H-1B, E-3, and TN visas. Gina is committed to an ethic of continuous improvement and specializes in improving and developing business processes. She also enjoys educating students and scholars on their visa status, and creating training tools for campus departments to navigate OIS procedures for requesting non-immigrant visa sponsorship.
Gina has been with OIS for more than 10 years. Before that she worked for NAFSA: Association of International Educators, where she cultivated her interest in working in international education. She now volunteers for the organization, most recently serving as the Regulatory Ombudsperson for Scholar Issues for Region VIII from 2019-2021. In that volunteer role, she assisted colleagues in navigating regulatory procedures related to USCIS. She holds a master’s degree in Instructional Systems Development from UMBC and bachelor’s degree in International Languages and Cultures (concentrations in Spanish & Latin American Studies) from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. She spent a semester in Granada, Spain and has also traveled to Vietnam, Hong Kong, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom.