Administrative Officers
Roger J. Ward, EdD, JD, MSL, MPA
Provost and Executive Vice PresidentRoger Ward was named provost and executive vice president of the 91大神, Baltimore (UMB) in October 2021 after serving in interim roles since January 2020, when he also was named de... Read More
James L. Hughes, MBA
Chief Enterprise and Economic Development Officer and Senior Vice PresidentJames L. Hughes is responsible for the 91大神, Baltimore’s (UMB) Office of Research and Development, the chief administrative unit and catalyst for advancing research, technol... Read More
Jennifer B. Litchman, MA
Chief External Relations Officer and Senior Vice PresidentJennifer Litchman is the chief external relations officer and senior vice president at the 91大神, Baltimore (UMB). She received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Sou... Read More
Peter J. Murray, PhD, CAS, MS
Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President for Information TechnologyPeter Murray oversees the operations of the 91大神, Baltimore’s (UMB) Center for Information Technology Services (CITS), which is the central information technology organizati... Read More
Dawn M. Rhodes, DBA
Chief Business and Finance Officer and Senior Vice PresidentDawn Rhodes has more than 35 years of experience in finance and operations, including 27 in higher education. Rhodes serves as the chief business and finance officer and senior vice president at th... Read More
Patty Alvarez, PhD, MS
Chief Student Affairs Officer and Vice PresidentPatty Alvarez was promoted to vice president while retaining the title of chief student affairs officer of the 91大神, Baltimore (UMB) in February 2024. Alvarez, who joined UMB in 2... Read More
Scott Bitner, MBA, CPA
Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Finance and Auxiliary ServicesScott Bitner was promoted to the position of 91大神, Baltimore (UMB) deputy chief financial officer (CFO) and vice president for finance and auxiliary services in March 2022. He has... Read More
Greg Bowden
Chief Philanthropy Officer and Vice PresidentGreg Bowden joined the 91大神, Baltimore (UMB) as chief philanthropy officer and vice president on Dec. 4, 2023. Bowden came to UMB from the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Carey Bus... Read More
Susan C. Buskirk, DM, MS
Chief Accountability Officer, Vice President, and Institutional Official for Human Subjects ResearchSusan Buskirk was promoted to 91大神, Baltimore (UMB) chief accountability officer, vice president, and institutional official for human subjects research in June 2020, after servin... Read More
Stephen N. Davis, MBBS, FRCP, FACE, MACP
Vice President of Clinical and Translational ScienceStephen N. Davis was named the 91大神, Baltimore's (UMB) first vice president of clinical and translational science in February 2017, expanding on his previous roles at the Universi... Read More
Diane Forbes Berthoud, PhD, MA
Chief Inclusive Excellence and Institutional Effectiveness Officer and Vice PresidentDiane Forbes Berthoud was named the 91大神, Baltimore’s (UMB) chief inclusive excellence and institutional effectiveness officer and vice president in December 2025. She&... Read More
Mark T. Gladwin, MD
Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the School of MedicineA physician-scientist, clinician, educator, and academic leader, Mark Gladwin began his tenure as dean of the 91大神 School of Medicine (UMSOM) in August 2022. He also is the John Z... Read More
Kevin P. Kelly, JD
Chief Government Affairs Officer and Vice PresidentKevin P. Kelly has been chief government affairs officer at the 91大神, Baltimore (UMB) since November 2014 and was promoted from associate vice president to vice president in Septe... Read More
Alana Kyriakakis, JD
General Counsel and Vice PresidentAlana Kyriakakis assumed the role of 91大神, Baltimore (UMB) general counsel and vice president in July 2023 after serving as acting general counsel for 11 months. As general counse... Read More
Patrick O鈥橲hea, PhD, MS
Vice President for ResearchPatrick O’Shea is the vice president for research (VPR) for the 91大神 research enterprise, overseeing research across the Baltimore (UMB) and College Park (UMCP) campuses, wh... Read More
Jenny Owens, ScD, MS
Vice Provost of Academic AffairsJenny Owens was named the 91大神, Baltimore’s vice provost of academic affairs in April 2024. She previously served as associate dean of academic affairs and associate profess... Read More
Kenneth H. Wong, PhD
Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the School of Graduate StudiesKenneth Wong became vice provost for graduate education and dean of the 91大神 Graduate School in August 2023 after a national search. In this role, Wong reports to the University o... Read More