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Graduate School Advisory Council

The Council is comprised of industry leaders, executives, researchers, and professionals representing all areas in which Hood College offers graduate degrees. The Graduate School Advisory Council meets regularly with the Graduate School dean, administrators, and graduate program directors to provide advice on the currency and quality of Hood's post-baccalaureate, discipline-based, professional master's programs. They ensure that the graduate programs meet the needs of regional employers and reflect current professional and disciplinary expectations for content, completeness and quality.

The mission of the Graduate School Advisory Council is to provide advice and guidance to Hood College's Graduate School regarding its programs, strategies, and projects to ensure that they reflect the needs of the region specifically, and also reflect the needs of society in general.

Linda Burgee , Ph.D.
Superintendent of Schools, Frederick County Public Schools

Julie Coons
President, High Technology Council of Maryland

Michael Dailey
Executive Director, Frederick Innovation Technology Center, Inc. (FITCI)

Robert Eaton
President, MdBio

Robert Funk, Ph.D.
Provost and Dean of Faculty, Hood College

Melanie L. Hoffman
Director of Psychological Services, Frederick County Public Schools

Peter Cha

Joseph Lebherz

John G. Miller, D.V.M.
Executive Director, Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC)

Leif Olsen
Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Hogan & Hartson LLP

Hercules Pinkney, Ph.D.
Provost, Montgomery College

Alan Schmaljohn, Ph.D.
Scientist, Virology Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute on Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID)

Francis Sweeney, Ph.D.
Dean of the Graduate School, Hood College

Earlene Thornton
School Board (Retired), Frederick County Public Schools

Elizabeth Zoltan, Ph.D.
Vice President for Learning and Provost, Frederick Community College