Staff

Contact information for the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Mtech), and each of its constituent programs, is included in the staff list below. Staff members are listed by program.

• Mtech Main Office

• Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program (MIPS)

• Mtech Ventures

• Entrepreneurship Education

• University of Maryland Manufacturing Assistance Program

• Biotechnology Research and Education Program (BREP)

• ASPIRE (A Scholars Program for Industry Oriented Research in Engineering)

Mtech Main Office

Main contact information:

Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Mtech)
2120 Potomac Bldg. 092
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-3415

tel: 301-405-3906
fax: 301-403-4105

Dr. David Barbe
Director
2115 Potomac Bldg.
301-405-3906
e-mail

Ericka Black
Program Management Specialist
2120 Potomac Bldg.
301-405-3906
e-mail

Mtech Office of Business, Finance, and Facilities

Daniel J. Carafelli
Director and Senior Research Fellow
2106 Potomac Bldg.
301-405-3906
e-mail

Karen Russo
Associate Director
3101 Potomac Bldg.
301-405-3907
e-mail

Candace Thornton
Assistant Director
3102 Potomac Bldg.
301-405-4342
e-mail

Mtech Information Technology

Shola Lawal
Manager - IT Services
3101 Potomac Bldg.
301-405-7781
e-mail

Joseph Belew
Network Administrator
3103 Potomac Bldg.
301-314-7802
e-mail

Mtech Marketing and Communications

Eric Schurr
Director of Communications
3109 Potomac Bldg.
301-405-3889
e-mail

James Kopanko
Coordinator, Marketing & Communications
919-845-7858
e-mail

Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS)

Main contact information:

Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program
2100 Potomac Bldg.
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-3415

tel: 301-405-3891
fax: 301-314-2658

Dr. Martha Connolly
Director
2100 Potomac Building
301-405-3892
e-mail

Joseph Naft
Associate Director
2100 Potomac Bldg.
301-405-3886
e-mail

Ronnie Gist
Manager
2107 Potomac Bldg.
301-405-3890
e-mail

Cherrie Hughes
Manager
2104 Potomac Bldg.
301-405-6673
e-mail

Jeanne Pekny
Program Management Specialist
2100 Potomac Bldg.
301-405-3891
e-mail

Mtech Ventures

Main contact information:

Mtech Ventures
University of Maryland
1105 Technology Advancement Program Building
387 Technology Drive
College Park, MD 20742-3371

tel: 301-314-7803
fax: 301-226-5378

• Mtech Ventures Team Bios
• Mtech Ventures Advisory Board

Dr. Dean Chang
Director, Mtech Ventures
Director, Technology Advancement Program
1105 TAP Bldg.
301-314-8121
e-mail

Craig Dye
Director, VentureAccelerator Program
Suite 1116B TAP Bldg.
301-314-7804
e-mail

Akbar Dawood
Analyst, Mtech Ventures
301-314-9770
e-mail

Shirley Mapp
Operations Coordinator, Technology Advancement Program
301-314-8131
e-mail

Entrepreneurship Education

Main contact information:

Mtech Entrepreneurship Education
2120 Potomac Building 092
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-3415

tel: 301-314-9223
fax: 301-314-9192

• Entrepreneurship Education Team Bios

Dr. James V. Green
Director, Entrepreneurship Education and Hinman CEOs
Senior Lecturer and Associate Director, Mtech
301-314-1450
e-mail

Dr. Carolyn Karlson
Director, Hillman Entrepreneurs Program
301-405-9590
e-mail

Jay Smith
Director, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program
301-314-7964
e-mail

Jaclin Warner
Coordinator, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program
301-314-9410
e-mail

Alyssa E. Cohen Sherman
Manager, Entrepreneurship Education
301-314-9441
e-mail

Cindy Gilbert
Program Management Specialist, Hinman CEOs Program
301-314-9223
e-mail

University of Maryland Manufacturing Assistance Program

Main contact information:

Manufacturing Assistance Program
410 W. Lombard Street, Suite A, Marlboro Square Building
Baltimore, MD 21201

tel: 800-MEP4MFG, (410) 706-3233
fax: (301) 403-4105

Bill Barnes
Director
tel: 410.706.3442
e-mail

Charles Carr
Senior Technical Consultant
tel: 301.405.7389
e-mail

Paul Gietka, P.E.
Manager, Environmental Program
tel: 410.706.3445
e-mail

Dave Rizzardo
Technical Consultant/Lean Services
tel: 410.706.4774
e-mail

Kathy Sullivan
IT Support Associate
tel: 410.706.3441
e-mail

Biotechnology Research and Education Program (BREP)

Main contact information:

Biotechnology Research and Education Program
2103 Potomac Bldg. #092
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-3371

tel: 301-405-8004
fax: 301-314-2658

Dr. Paul Allenza
Director, Biotechnology Research and Education Program
2118 Potomac Bldg.
301-405-8004
e-mail

Barney "Ben" Woodard
Director, Bioprocess Scale-Up Facility (BSF)
1206 Chem./Nuc. Bldg.
301-405-3909
e-mail

John F. Kerwin
Manager, Biopharmaceutical Advancement Facility (BAF)
IBBR-Shady Grove
University of Maryland
9600 Gudelsky Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
240-314-6157
e-mail

Jahmal D. Rich
Laboratory Specialist, Biopharmaceutical Advancement Facility (BAF)
IBBR-Shady Grove
University of Maryland
9600 Gudelsky Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
240-314-6350
e-mail

Kevin Knapstein
Laboratory Specialist, Bioprocess Scale-Up Facility (BSF)
1203 Chem./Nuc. Bldg.
301-314-7806
e-mail

Dr. William Bentley
Director, Bioengineering Graduate Program
6140 Plant Sciences Bldg.
301-405-4321
e-mail

ASPIRE (A Scholars Program for Industry-Oriented Research in Engineering)

Main contact information:

ASPIRE
2120 Potomac Bldg. 092
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-3415

tel: 301-405-3886
fax: 301-403-4105

Joseph Naft
Coordinator
301-405-3886
e-mail