Contact Human Resources

HR/Benefits Office
191 South East Street
Frederick, MD 21701
240-586-8000
HR Staff Listing

Julie Nguyen
Julia Nguyen
Director of Human Resources
(240) 586-8005

 

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Melissa Thompson
HR Executive Secretary
(240) 586-8005

Contact Information: Benefits

Benefit Contact Information

240-586-8040 ( Main phone)
240-586-8049 (fax)

Benefits Staff

Responsibilities

Sarah Minnick
Sarah Minnick

Senior Benefits Manager
(240) 586-8033

  • Benefit Program Management
  • Federal & State Mandated Compliance
  • Insurance Appeals
  • Retirement Coordinator
  • Retirement Program Management
  • Short-Term Disability (STD)

Khris Keepers
Administrative Secretary
(240) 586-8003

  • Administrative Support
  • Benefits Questions
  • Financials

Sharde Twyman
Sharde' Twyman

Personnel Officer
(240) 586-8034

  • ADA Accommodations
  • Benefits Questions
  • Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
  • Parental Leave
  • Retirement Coordinator

Kimberly Huff
Benefits Coordinator
(240) 586-8021

  • Benefits Questions
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Retirement Coordinator
  • Retirement Savings Plan Administration
  • Wellness Program Administration

Evelyn Davis
Evelyn Davis

HR Associate II
(240) 586-8014

  • Benefit Enrollment/changes
  • Life Qualifying Events
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • CareFirst, CVS, Delta Dental (Active Employees)
  • COBRA / LOA Insurance

Christine Hobble
Christine Hobble

HR Associate II
(240) 586-8012

  • Life Insurance Claims
  • Medicare Documentation
  • Retiree Benefits Questions
  • Retiree Insurance Administration
  • Retirement Coordination

Mackenzi Carr
Mackenzi Carr

HR Associate I
(240) 586-8023

  • Retiree Insurance  
  • Medicare Documentation
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Benefit Enrollment/changes

Julie Carlton
Julie Carlton

HR Associate I
(240) 586-8019

  • Employee Benefits Questions
  • Leave of Absence
  • Sick Leave Bank Processing

Contact Information: Classification

Classification Staff Responsibilities

Lisa Heinrich
Classification Specialist
(240) 586-8022

  • Classification

 

Contact Information: Data Management

Data Management Staff Responsibilities
Jess Sedgwick
Jess Sedgwick

Assistant Data Manager

(240) 586-8016

  • Job and Position Data Management
  • HR Data Reports and Queries
  • HR Data Integrity
  • Negotiations Data Support
  • Lane Change Review
  • Frontline Applitrack Administration

  • Electronic Personnel File Oversight

Cara Schaffer
HCM Data Specialist

(240) 586-8010

  • Position Control
  • MSDE Reports
  • Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests
  • Contingent Worker Access
  • Frontline User Access
Elizabeth Donegan
Elizabeth Donegan

HR Associate II

(240) 586-8013

  • Frontline Substitute Management Support call 240-586-8045
  • Long-Term & Substitute Teacher and Substitute SEIA Support
  • Substitute and Non-Benefited Employee Data Entry
  • Transportation Data Entry
Patrice Wiles
HR Associate I

(240) 586-8029

  • Support Data Entry for all Actions
  • Certificated Separations Data Entry
  • Non-Benefitted Employee Data Entry
  • Volunteer Data Entry
Angela Fossett
Angela Fossett

HR Associate I

(240) 586-8007

  • Teacher Hiring Data Entry
  • Administrator Hiring Data Entry
  • Food Service Data Entry for all Actions

 

Contact Information: Labor Relations

Labor Relations Staff Responsibilities
Tim Thornburg
Senior Manager

(240) 586-8036

  • Employee Performance and Discipline
  • Certificated Teacher Evaluations/ Observations
  • FASSE/FCTA/FCASA Contract Negotiations
  • Non-Renewals
  • Employee Compliance Management
Lacey Russ
Junior Executive Secretary

(240) 586-8006

 
Julie Wells
Tuition Reimbursment Associate

(240) 586-8020

  • HB 486/§6-113 Reporting
  • Course Approval

  • Tuition Reimbursement

  • Compliance Support

Suzie White
Compliance Associate
240-586-8030
  • Fingerprinting
  • Form I-9
  • HB 486/§6-113 Reporting
  • Badging
  • Unemployment

 

Contact Information: Certificated Talent Acquisition

Certificated Staff Responsibilities
Gina Keefer
Gina Keefer

Senior Manager

(240) 586-8015

  • Certificated Hiring Management
  • Administrator Hiring
  • Internal Teacher Transfer Process
  • Acting A&S
  • Teacher Recruitment Management
  • Tenure/Non-Tenured
Kathy Martin
Kathy Martin

Administrative Secretary

(240) 586-8004

 
Rob Bruno
Rob Bruno

Personnel Officer

(240) 586-8031

  • Elementary Teacher
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Special Education
  • Teacher Recruitment/Hiring
  • Temporary/non-benefitted teacher hiring

Anne Paxton
Anne Paxton

Personnel Officer
(240) 586-8008

  • Specialist Teacher
  • Art/Music/Physical Education/Health
  • ELL
  • Teacher Recruitment/Hiring
Megan Quinn
Megan Quinn

Personnel Officer

(240) 586-8025

  • Middle/High School
  • Speech Language Pathologist
  • Teacher Recruitment/Hiring
April Vierra
Recruitment Specialist

(240) 586-8009

  • Teacher Recruitment
  • Create / Monitor Recruitment Metrics
  • Job Fairs
  • Establish / Maintain partnership with businesses and higher education organizations

Toya Newman-Piermarini
Toya Newman-Piermarini

Recruiter
(240) 586-8037

  • Teacher Recruitment
  • Student Teacher/Interns
  • Job Fairs
  • PDS Interns
  • IHE Partnership Support
  • Employee Affinity Groups

 

Contact Information: Educator Licensure

Educator LicensureStaff Responsibilities
Nicole Bell
Nicole Bell
Personnel Officer - Licensure

(240) 586-8027

  • Initial Requests
  • Renewals/Endorsements
  • Reinstatements/Re-issues
  • Senior Teacher Waivers
  • Certification
Jill Querry
Jill Querry

Licensure Specialist

(240) 586-8017

  • Licensure
  • Renewals/Endorsements
  • Senior Teacher Waivers

 

Contact Information: Support Talent Acquisition

Support Staff Responsibilities
Rob Wedge
Rob Wedge

Senior Manager

(240) 586-8032

  • Support Employee Performance and Discipline
  • Support Employee Relations
  • Support Non-Benefited
  • Support Probation
  • Excess Support Placements
  • Title IX Investigator
Nunzia Sulmonte
Nunzia Sulmonte

Administrative Secretary

(240) 586-8002

  • Administrative support for The Talent Acquisitions Management Team (Support)
  • Support Team Applicant Inquiries
  • Address & Name Change
  • Employment Verifications
Molly Bentz
Molly Bentz

Personnel Officer

(240) 586-8026

  • Substitutes
  • Long-term Substitutes
  • Resident Substitutes
  • Lunch Room Monitors
  • Support Recruitment/Hiring
  • Transportation
  • New Employee Onboarding
Megan Perry
Megan Perry

Personnel Officer

(240) 586-8024

  • User Support Specialists
  • Special Education Instructional Assistants
  • Instructional Assistants
  • Support Recruitment/Hiring
  • Support Transfers
  • New Employee Onboarding
  • Career Coaches
Nicole St. Louis
Nicole St. Louis

Personnel Officer

(240) 586-8028

  • Custodial/Operations/Maintenance
  • Secretarial/Clerical
  • Administrative, Management, and Technical (AMT)
  • Fiscal Services
  • Other Support positions Recruitment/Hiring
  • New Employee Onboarding

Caroline Hendy
Talent Acquisition Associate
(240) 586-8011

  • Assists with sourcing, recruitment, and talent acquisition systems
  • Supports Talent Acquisition teams through candidate hiring process
  • Fingerprint screening

  • Sabbaticals/Unpaid LOA Requests

  • Resignations