Do Good Campus Strategic Leadership Council

Connecting UMD’s Do Good Campus and Expanding Its Opportunities

The Do Good Campus Strategic Leadership Council expands our efforts to fund, recognize, incentivize and reward Do Good efforts throughout the University of Maryland. The Do Good Campus Council is part of the Office of the Provost, with the Council Chair reporting to Dr. Jennifer King Rice, Senior Vice President and Provost.

This new Council is composed of senior administrators from all schools and colleges, as well as the Division of Student Affairs, University Libraries, Office of Diversity and Inclusion and the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. These appointees were selected by their respective deans and/or senior leadership, in collaboration with the Provost and the Director of the Do Good Institute. 

Throughout the summer of 2023, the Do Good Campus Council worked to develop two new programs – a Do Good Campus Fund and the Provost’s Do Good Innovator Awards – to further support the incredible social impact work happening across UMD’s campus. 

The Campus Fund and the Provost's Do Good Innovator Awards program will name their initial round of recipients during the 2023-2024 academic year. 

Bob Grimm, Levenson Family Chair in Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership and Director of the Do Good Institute, is chairing the Council. Dr. Grimm works with an incredible team that empowers individuals to do good. Do Good Campus Faculty Director James Stillwell is supporting the Council’s efforts and overseeing the new Do Good Campus Fund and Innovator Awards.

Meet the Do Good Campus Strategic Leadership Council Members

• GerShun Avilez is associate dean for academic affairs: graduate education and strategic initiatives in the College of Arts and Humanities. He is a professor in the Department of English and was formerly associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion. He is author of “Radical Aesthetics & Modern Black Nationalism,” which won the 2017 William Sanders Scarborough Prize from the Modern Language Association, and “Black Queer Freedom (Illinois),” which was a finalist for the 2021 P. Sterling Stuckey Book Prize. He is also co-editor of the “Norton Anthology of American Literature, 1945-Present.”
• Tait D. Brooks is director of diversity training & education in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. With more than 10 years of experience engaging successfully across diverse teams and identifying needs to address the success of organizations, he is passionate about developing institutional change that leads to an inclusive environment and culture.
• Tim Canty is an associate professor of atmospheric and oceanic science and the director of the Marine Estuarine and Environmental Sciences graduate program. His research focuses on air quality science and policy, stratospheric ozone and climate change. His goal is to improve our understanding of atmospheric composition by using observations from satellites, balloons, aircraft and ground-based instruments to test photochemical models.
• Lawrence M. Clark is an associate dean in the Office of Undergraduate Studies, where he focuses on learning outcomes assessment, general education, and faculty and curriculum development. In addition to his leadership roles at the university level, he is a faculty member in the Center for Mathematics Education in the College of Education. Throughout his career, he has designed and facilitated mathematics teacher education in the U.S., Ethiopia, Ecuador and Kenya.
• Audran M. Downing is associate dean for academic affairs: undergraduate education in the College of Arts and Humanities, where she oversees undergraduate curricula, living-learning programs and the Office of Student Affairs and Career Engagement. She has cultivated an environment focused on creating access to a diverse curriculum, domestic and international internship opportunities, study abroad experiences, specialized career development programming and a comprehensive retention initiative to support at-risk and high-achieving students. 
• Nina Harris is the associate dean for academic programs and student services in the School of Public Policy. A skilled administrator with more than 25 years of higher education experience, specializing in developing and administering successful undergraduate and leadership development programs at major universities, Harris provides direction to all current and developing undergraduate initiatives in the School. Additionally, she manages the school’s undergraduate course offerings in leadership and public policy. Harris teaches several undergraduate leadership courses and has developed and taught a graduate course, “Ethical Dimensions of Public Leadership.”
• Jinhee Kim, is a professor and associate dean of University of Maryland Extension at the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Kim significantly increased the visibility of their Family and Consumer Sciences program, securing multimillion-dollar funding for new initiatives and programming related to rural mental and behavioral health, vaccine hesitancy and digital literacy. Kim has published four book chapters and 70-plus journal articles and made 100+ invited and refereed presentations.
• Jeremy Kugel is the assistant dean for finance and budget in the Robert H. Smith School of Business, where he supports its mission with financial forecasting and budget development, as well as timely and data-driven input for the dean’s strategic financial decisions. Kugel also sat on the board of Food Recovery Network, the largest student movement fighting food waste and hunger in America—founded at UMD. 
• Wayne Lutters is a professor and associate dean for strategic initiatives in the College of Information Studies, where he examines scientific infrastructure from a sociotechnical systems perspective to better inform the design and evaluation of information systems that support the future of collaborative work. 
• Josh Madden is the assistant dean for undergraduate studies in the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, where he supervises operations in the Student Services Office, including recruitment, enrollment, course scheduling, academic advising and new student orientation. Prior to this role, he was the director of student services, where he received the “Terrapin of Distinction” award.
• Lindsey May is the associate dean of academic affairs and strategic initiatives in the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, where she oversees initiatives and works closely with program directors to plan and manage undergraduate and graduate curriculum. She was one of six architects to win the 2021 Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers.
• Erin McClure is the assistant dean for diversity and chief of staff in the School of Public Health, where she oversees operations and partnerships, building on strengths, implementing best practices and supporting the school and university in enacting their equity and inclusion values and mission. McClure is a skilled intergroup dialogue facilitator, accomplished in supporting leaders in difficult conversations around issues of equity and justice.
• Allynn Powell is the director of the University Career Center and the President’s Promise. Designed to support students through each stage of their career development, the center offers an array of resources, services and programs that empower students to pursue their ambitions and navigate a meaningful career journey.
• Katherine Russell is associate dean for undergraduate education in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, where she oversees education for over 5,000 students in its majors, minors and living-learning programs. Dr. Russell is former Honors College Associate Director and Banneker/Key Scholarship Executive Coordinator at Maryland. 
• Sue Sherburne serves as executive associate athletic director. In her role, she provides leadership in the areas of student-athlete and staff development, manages Title IX, diversity and inclusion initiatives, serves as the primary liaison to the University’s Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct, and is responsible for annually reviewing the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act Report and the Gender Equity Plan.
• Ana Taboada Barber is a professor and associate dean for research, innovation and partnerships for the College of Education. Her work centers on studying the influence of specific motivational and cognitive variables on the literacy and language development of elementary and middle school students who are bilingual or multilingual. 
• Jim Zahniser is assistant dean of strategic operations and information technology (IT) in the A. James Clark School of Engineering, where he focuses on tactical and strategic direction-setting for IT infrastructure, services and support. As the executive director of engineering information technology, he founded Terrapin Works, an umbrella organization for the additive manufacturing and digital fabrication tools throughout the school. He also created the Virtual Computer Lab to allow students access to institutionally licensed software on any device using application virtualization.
• Gary White is senior associate dean of research and academic services in University Libraries. In his position, he oversees all research, teaching and access services and is responsible for all public facilities and subject branch libraries.