Women鈥檚 Leadership Collective offers mentorship, skill-building opportunities
Program provides leadership skills to women throughout their academic and professional lives.
Find Out MoreWomen鈥檚 Leadership Collective
The Women鈥檚 Leadership Collective provides leadership skills and experience to allow women to advance their academic and professional careers鈥攚hile creating a collective of women supporting women.
The Collective creates distinct cohorts of TU undergraduate and graduate students and high school girls to share stories, skills, experiences, and best practices that enable participants to sharpen communication, assessment, and critical thinking skills as they build self-confidence. Participants are exposed to mentors, networking liaisons, and leadership skills curriculum to help in defining and solidifying their capacity and roles as influencers, catalysts, team members, and innovators.
The Collective creates a spiral where participants can grow with their cohorts and benefit from intergenerational exchange and collaboration during seminars, workshops, and service projects鈥攁ccessing the program at whatever point in their careers they find themselves.
鈥淚 want women and girls who aspire to leadership to build skills, create opportunity, and share Towson University鈥檚 wealth of knowledge on the subject of leadership. Girls and women need this type of support more than ever, and all of Maryland will benefit from their enhanced leadership contributions.鈥�
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Young women find 鈥榗onfidence, empowerment鈥� in TU leadership program 鈥� February 4, 2021
Women鈥檚 Leadership Collective programs offer mentorship, skill-building opportunities 鈥� October 5, 2020
Dr. Grasmick secures more support for Women's Leadership Collective 鈥� January 4, 2020
TU celebrates Women鈥檚 Leadership Collective Launch, hosts Presidential Scholar Forum 鈥� April 5, 2019
Women鈥檚 Leadership Collective Partners
The Collective is conceived by Dr. Nancy Grasmick, TU鈥檚 Presidential Scholar, and is advised by a group of TU faculty, staff, alumni, and corporate and non-profit leaders who are fostering its development and implementing its programs.
Partner Groups
TU Partners
Mahnoor Ahmed
Associate Director, Women鈥檚 Resources
Tricia Brandenburg
Deputy Director of Athletics, Internal Operations
Kathleen Case
Facilitator, TU Professional Leadership Program for Women
LaVern Chapman
Diversity Specialist, Office of Inclusion & Institutional Equity
Nancy Grasmick
Presidential Scholar
Erica Green
Assistant Director of Brand Marketing, University Marketing and Communications
Bobbie Laur
Associate Vice President, Outreach, SPAR
Lorie Logan-Bennett
Assistant Vice President, Student Affairs
Alison McCartney
Faculty Director, Honors Stephens Hall
Lisa Michocki
Director of Student Academic and Career Services, CBE
Louise Miller
Assistant Vice President, Promotions and Events
Keiwana Perryman
Assistant Director of Leadership Student Director
Ardys Russakis
Executive Director for Policy and Strategic Initiatives, SPAR
Kate Wilkinson
Associate Professor Women鈥檚 & Gender Studies
Renee Spence
Assistant to the Presidential Scholar
External Founding Partners
Kristi S. Halford
Founder and Chief Supporting Officer, C3 Visionary Strategies
Pat Isaac
Chief Executive Officer, Capital Services, Inc.;
The Education Foundation of Baltimore, County Public Schools 鈥� Board Member
Kristin O. Kosmides
Managing Director/Head, Corporate Social Responsibility, Legg Mason Global Assest
Management
Sharon Markley-Schreiber
COO, Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore
Kate Perry Jones
Vice President of Human Resources for Talent, Diversity and Inclusion and Global Systems,
Global Tools and Storage (GTS) division, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
TU Professional Leadership Program for Women
Dr. Grasmick serves as ambassador for TU鈥檚 Professional Leadership Program for Women, a program under Dr. Schatzel鈥檚 TU Matters to Maryland priority. Alumni of this program
participate in a mentorship program with our Outstanding Young Women Leaders Program.
Learn more about this program.
Outstanding Young Women Leaders Program
Launched in January 2020, the Outstanding Young Women Leaders program is a year-long
program that provides leadership and mentorship activities and events for young women鈥攐ne
junior from each Baltimore County public high school. Spearheaded by Dr. Grasmick
and the Women鈥檚 Leadership Collective, the program allows young women to interact with TU administrators, faculty and students
and be matched with female corporate mentors, with mentors and mentees connecting
throughout the year.
To be eligible for the program, young women must meet academic, leadership and community
service requirements and be nominated by their principal. Members of the TU Women鈥檚
Leadership Collective select a finalist from each high school after reviewing applications
and school transcripts and conducting interviews.
TU Student Leadership Advisory Council
The TU Student Leadership Advisory Council is made up of female TU students who help to identify programmatic needs, plan events, and provide leadership opportunities across campus.