Alumni & Giving

Karen Albert, M.A. SOCY '96
Vice President and Head of Internal Audit and Internal Control, Constellium

Brandon Cole
Principal Cyber Security Analyst, U.S. Army

Brandon Cole is a Principal Cyber Security Analyst with the U.S. Army and is an 18-year member of the Intelligence Community. He previously served in engineering roles with Boeing and the U.S. Department of State. He and his wife also own and operate Choice Clinical Services, a group mental health practice with offices in College Park and Greenbelt serving the UMD community.

The Coles established an endowed scholarship supporting the Department of Psychology in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences in 2018. The Taylor and Brandon Cole Student Experience Scholarship supports undergraduate student stipends for experiential learning opportunities.

Mr. Cole is a life member of the UMD Alumni Association, serves as the current President of the BSOS Alumni Chapter Board and as the BSOS College Representative on the Alumni Association’s Board of Governors. He and his wife are both graduates of BSOS, The University of Maryland and have great passion for all things UMD. Go Terps!

Steve Cooker
B.A. GVPT ’77
Executive Vice President, Monster Government Solutions

Steve Cooker recently served as the executive vice president of Monster Worldwide’s Monster Government Solutions. In that role, he was responsible for Monster Worldwide’s global government business, and oversaw Monster Government Solutions as well as the Public Sector and Education programs. Additionally, Mr. Cooker manages Military.com, the largest online military and veteran resource with 10 million members. He also is an active member of key technology organizations including TechAmerica and the Information Technology Industry Council.

Prior to joining Monster Worldwide, Mr. Cooker was vice president and general manager of IBM/ISS, a network security company. He held executive positions at Nortel and AT&T, and also served as president of ATT/NCR’s government business. Mr. Cooker served as chair of the BSOS Board of Visitors from 2017 to 2021.

Dr. Yamalis Diaz is a Clinical Child Psychologist and Clinical Assistant Professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the NYU Child Study Center at NYU Langone.

She joined NYU in 2011, after receiving her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2009, and completing a 2-year post-doctoral fellowship at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. 

Greg Feldman, GVPT '90
President, Three Wire Systems

Greg Feldman serves as the President of Three Wire Systems and has 25+ years of experience in technology and telecom in the federal and commercial sectors. He leads with great vision and insight in developing market trends and builds opportunities that drive value for the organization, joint win scenarios with strategic partnerships, and most importantly solve key customer priorities.

Founded in 2006, Three Wire Systems is the leader in innovative and efficient technology solutions for government agencies and large enterprise corporations. Their foundation has been built upon solid program management and process improvement principles. With those principles in mind, Three Wire Systems designs solutions to support business goals and deliver superior results in a cost-efficient manner.

Greg’s son Wesley is a current student in BSOS. In March 2021, Greg created the Feldman Family Maryland Promise Scholarship supporting undergraduate students in BSOS.

Felecia Love Greer, B.A. PSYC ’79
Vice President, Large Customer Strategic Solutions and Customer Advocacy,
Pepco Holdings, Inc.

Felecia Love Greer recently served as the Vice President for Large Customer Strategic Solutions and Customer Advocacy with Pepco Holdings, Inc. (PHI), a regional energy holding company that provides utility service to approximately 2 million customers. In this role, she interacted directly with customers as well as governmental and regulatory officials on a variety of energy issues with the goal of ensuring customer satisfaction. Prior to that, Ms. Greer was a group manager in PHI’s Regulatory Affairs Division, where she directed managers responsible for regulatory relationships, case filings, compliance and reporting.

Before joining PHI, Ms. Greer worked for the Maryland Public Service Commission, where she held a number of executive and legal positions. In addition, she clerked for the Honorable Robert M. Bell, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland; the Office of the Attorney General and the Honorable Clifton J. Gordy, Circuit Court for Baltimore City. Ms. Greer also held various management positions with Shawmut Bank, National Bank of Washington and Maryland National Bank.

Ms. Greer currently serves on the Board of Trustees of The Calverton School; the Board of Directors of the Capital Area Food Bank and the Washington Performing Arts.

Matthew J. Haas
B.A. (GVPT) '93
Senior Vice President
Jones Lang LaSalle

Matthew J. Haas is senior vice president of tenant representation for Jones Lang LaSalle. He has more than 17 years of commercial real estate experience. Previously, he was a principal with the Baltimore office of Colliers International.

Among numerous awards and points of recognition, Mr. Haas has been named CoStar’s Power Broker of the Year, has been listed among the Baltimore Business Journal’s list of “Heavy Hitters,” and has also been named one of the Baltimore Business Journal’s Top 25 Real Estate Brokers in Baltimore
 

Aja Hill, ECON '07
Modern Work Federal Civilian Customer Success Leader, Microsoft

Aja Hill is the Modern Work Federal Civilian Customer Success Leader at Microsoft, supporting premier federal civilian government entities across the United States. 

Aja is responsible for Microsoft Teams adoption and support at all federal civilian agencies. Through her team, Aja works to help customers transition value from the Office of the CIO to the broader organization. Customers that Aja’s team supports include United States House of Representatives, Internal Revenue Service, Environmental Protection Agency, NASA and many others.  

Sorabh Maheshwari
B.A. ECON, B.S. Finance ’01
Founding Partner, Churchill Real Estate Holdings

Sorabh Maheshwari is a founding partner of Churchill Real Estate Holdings. Most recently prior to Churchill, he was a principal at Onex Real Estate, a multi-billion-dollar private equity firm located in New York. At Onex, Sorabh had complete responsibility for acquisitions, dispositions, and asset management of Onex’s rent-regulated housing portfolio starting in 2010. Sorabh has been involved in over $500 million of transactions in the New York multifamily sector including equity investments, recapitalization, and distressed debt purchases. While at Onex, Sorabh ran Onex Real Estate High Yield Debt Fund which invested in distressed debt opportunities and was one of Onex Real Estate’s top performing investment vehicles.

Prior to Onex, Sorabh worked as an investment banker at Credit Suisse and DLJ in the real estate investment banking group. Sorabh received an MBA from Columbia Business School and an MBA from London Business School. Sorabh completed his undergraduate education at the University of Maryland where he graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Economics and B.S. in Finance.

Michael Mann
B.A. GVPT '02
Partner, Sidley

Michael Mann is a partner in Sidley’s White Collar: Government Litigation and Investigations practice, where he strategically counsels and defends companies, financial institutions and related individuals in internal, criminal and regulatory investigations, prosecutions and litigations. He is a trusted advisor to senior management and boards of directors faced with some of their most complex and sensitive enforcement and investigation-related issues, including matters concerning alleged bribery and corruption, money laundering, and other forms of financial and ethical misconduct.

Michael was recently recognized as one of five white collar “Rising Stars” by Law360. He was also recognized with the “Best in white collar crime” award at both the inaugural and second annual Euromoney LMG Americas Rising Star Awards.

Joseph H. Meltzer
B.A. GVPT '93
Founding Partner, Kessler Topaz Meltzer Check, LLP

Joseph H. Meltzer is a founding partner at the firm Kessler Topaz Meltzer Check, LLP and leads the firm’s Fiduciary, Consumer Protection and Antitrust groups.

A pioneer in prosecuting breach of fiduciary duty cases, Joe has been lead or co-lead counsel in numerous nationwide class actions brought under fiduciary laws including ERISA.  Joe represents institutional investor clients in a variety of breach of fiduciary duty cases and has some of the largest settlements in fiduciary breach actions including several recoveries in the hundreds of millions of dollars. 

The firm also has a robust Consumer Protection department which represents individuals, businesses, and governmental entities that have sustained losses as a result of defective products or improper business practices.  

In his antitrust work, Joe represents clients injured by anticompetitive and unlawful business practices, including overcharges related to prescription drugs, health care expenditures and commodities. Joe has also represented various states in pharmaceutical pricing litigation as a Special Assistant Attorney General.

Joe graduated, with honors, from the University of Maryland in 1993 with a degree in Government and Politics and he received his J.D., with honors, from the Temple University Beasley School of Law in 1997.

Dwayne Middleton
B.A. ECON '90
Global Head of Fixed Income Trading,
T. Rowe Price

Gary Lydell Rozier
Chair, Board of Visitors
B.A. ECON '99
Managing Director
Oak Street Real Estate Capital, LLC

Gary Rozier is a Managing Director at Oak Street Real Estate Capital, LLC. Mr. Rozier is responsible for investor relations for institutional investors.

Prior to joining Oak Street Real Estate Capital, Mr. Rozier served as Senior Vice President at Ariel Investments for almost 14 years where he was responsible for institutional business development, client services, and consultant relations. Prior to joining Ariel, Mr. Rozier spent more than five years with Rydex Investments. At Rydex, he held multiple positions in shareholder services and financial advisor sales before being promoted to regional vice president where he oversaw product development and distribution across nine states in the Midwest Region.

Mr. Rozier is on the board of directors for City Colleges of Chicago Foundation, American Red Cross Chicago, a trustee for the Francis Xavier Warde School, and serves on the Investment Committee of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School. Additionally, he is a 2011 Leadership Greater Chicago fellow.

In addition to his service to the BSOS Board of Visitors, Mr. Rozier is a member of the college's Economics Leadership Council. 

Mr. Rozier earned a B.A. in economics from the University of Maryland, and was a captain of the rugby team.

Sachin Sachdeva 
B.A. ECON '97
Head of Global Program Delivery for Digital, Data & Operations, AIG 

Sachin Sachdeva currently serves as the Head of Global Program Delivery for Digital, Data & Operations at AIG, a global insurance and financial services organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to this role, he acted as Managing Director for Client Experience Platform & the Atlanta iHub at BlackRock, where he oversaw the global client experience program to ensure it enhanced the company’s digital capabilities and
processes. 

Sachin’s extensive experience in the financial services sector further encompasses his 10 year term at SSA Company, where he served in the following roles: Associate Director, Director, Senior Director, Vice President, FS Lead, and Managing Director, Financial Services Practice Lead. In these positions, he managed financial services and client engagement while delivering significant results in the form of improved customer
satisfaction and earnings. 

Sachin’s early career set the foundation for his current successes as he worked to develop his financial and customer service experience at Bank of America from 1997 to 2009. While working at Bank of America, he held the position of Senior Vice President, Consumer Leadership Program, Senior Vice President, Deposit Products, and more. 

Sachin earned his BA in economics from UMD in 1997 and subsequently, his MBA from Duke University in 2006. He currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia.

Ken Ulman
President, Margrave Strategies; 
Chief Strategy Officer for Economic Development, UMCP Foundation

Ken Ulman is the President of Margrave Strategies, an innovative strategic consulting firm that provides a comprehensive array of economic development, planning and visioning services to institutions, businesses and other groups throughout Maryland and the mid-Atlantic. The firm’s principal initial client is the University of Maryland College Park Foundation, where Ulman serves as Chief Strategy Officer for Economic Development.

Ulman previously served two terms as Howard County Executive. Ken has won numerous awards, and was named a Tech Titan by Washingtonian Magazine, a Top 25 Doer, Dreamer and Driver by Government Technology Magazine and a Regional Visionary by the Greater Baltimore Committee for his leadership to bring broadband technology to Maryland.

Ken served as president of the Maryland Association of Counties and as chairman of the Baltimore Metropolitan Council.

Ken and his wife, Jaki, established the Ulman Family Maryland Promise Scholarship, which supports need based scholarships for students in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. He and his wife—also a proud Terp—live in Columbia, with their daughters Maddie and Lily.

Dr. Jingli Yang

Ph.D. GEOG ’95
Chief Executive Officer, ERT

Dr. Jingli Yang, Chief Executive Officer of ERT, is an accomplished marketer, strategist, and entrepreneur. She cultivates business relationships with partners and customers, while working to develop infrastructure and processes necessary to foster thegrowth of ERT, a high-value science and technology company. Under her leadership, the company has enjoyed continuous growth and expansion of its client base while maintaining a focus on both customer satisfaction and employee welfare. Dr. Yang holds a Ph.D. in Biogeography and Remote Sensing from the Geography Department of University of Maryland in 1995.