Office of External Affairs (OEA)
Under the direction of T. Sue Gladhill, MSW, Vice President for External Affairs, the OEA is one of the administrative units of the office of the president and is responsible for campus support in resource management, development, government and community affairs, and communications for the campus. OEA also manages the University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation, Inc., which receives and processes funds from private donors. OEA assists in the development and implementation of strategies central to their missions.
Communications and Marketing
Assistant Vice President, Mark B. Thompson, MHSA
The Office of Communications and Marketing provides campus media relations, publications, and Web development services. The office collaborates with contacts in each of the schools and other entities, such as the Health Sciences and Human Services Library. The News Bureau team coordinates interviews with faculty members, students, administrative experts, and print and broadcast media. It also generates interest in UMB and frequently manages or advises on crisis-communications strategies. The publications team produces printed materials for the president, the schools, and other campus units. This includes magazines, brochures, posters, Maryland Magazine, and the VOICE newspaper. The schools provide budget resources. Any publication central to the mission of the University (such as student recruitment) carries no fee for staff time. In This Office: Publications | News Bureau | Web Development
Development
Interim Associate Vice President, Thomas Hofstetter, JD, LLM
The Development Office helps the deans and their fund raisers with donor identification, cultivation and solicitation, event arrangements, stewardship efforts, and project planning. Other services include donor research, proposal writing, prospect research, and the Fund-Raisers Council, composed of each of the schools' development officers and OEA specialists, who meet monthly to share information and discuss policies and trends. The development office also serves as the liaison to numerous entities involved in the multiyear, multimillion dollar renaissance in west Baltimore, where the campus is a significant landholder. In This Office: Annual Giving | Corporate and Foundation Relations | Planned Giving | Giving to UMB
Government and Community Affairs
Associate Vice President, Barbara A. Klein, MPA
The Government and Community Affairs Office has offices on campus and in Annapolis, the state capital. Because UMB is a public institution, relationships with legislators and the executive branch of government are key to its progress. During the 90 consecutive days the Maryland General Assembly is in session each year, the government affairs office monitors and tracks more than 800 bills while developing strategies and advocating for legislative actions on issues pertinent to the University. This office coordinates the testimony delivered by the president and other campus officials, drafts legislative language, and offers amendments on bills that affect the campus. Throughout the rest of the year, the office works with legislative committees and individual legislators in developing and promoting UMB initiatives while undertaking major studies on issues significant to the institution. Government affairs also is responsible for community affairs, particularly in the neighborhoods surrounding the campus and with the Baltimore city government. The Office of Government Affairs should be informed of any matters where public officials are involved in campus affairs or where members of the campus community are reaching out in their official capacity to public officials. In This Office: Community Affairs | Government Affairs
Resource Management
Assistant Vice President, Judith S. Blackburn, PhD, MBA
The Office of Resource Management maintains a sophisticated database of donors, alumni, and other friends of the University. The office collaborates daily with the schools' deans, development officers, program directors, administrators, and faculty members as they manage multiple research, service, and teaching projects. In addition to managing the collection, disbursement, and auditing of private funds through the UMB Foundation, Inc., the office acts as the administrative entity managing human resources and payroll for OEA.
University Events
Senior Director, Nancy Gordon
The Office of University Events is responsible for planning and executing all events hosted or sponsored by the president of the University, including Founders Week, held every October. We also consult with all constituencies of the University to plan events large and small
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