Maryland PDS 2025 Project

Principal Investigator & Project Director

Dr. Lawrence Clark 

Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Studies;

Associate Professor, Mathematics Education

UMD

Co-Principal Investigator

Dr. Megan Madigan Peercy

Associate Dean, Educator Preparation and Undergraduate Studies

UMD

Teacher Career Ladder Workgroup Chair

Dr. Segun Eubanks

Director of the Center for Education Innovation and Improvement and Professor of Practicee

UMD

Project Management

Dr. Cherise J. Hunter

Project Manager, MD PDS 2025 

Fellow, Center for Educational Innovation and Improvement

UMD

Employee Organization

Representative

Jennifer Martin

 President

MCEA

Employee Organization

Representative

Donna Christy

President

PGCEA

Superintendent/ CEO Representative

Dr. Kristi Murphy Baldwin

 Director of 

Human Resources Officer

PGCPS

Local School System Human Resources/Professional Learning Representative

Dr. Kristi Holden

Director of

Professional Learning Office 

PGCPS

Professional Development

Representative

Eric Stephens

Teacher Leadership Programs Supervisor

PGCPS

Professional Development Representative

Nicole Wall

Instructional Specialist

PGCPS

Project School Principal

Kenneth Nance

 Principal

 Buck Lodge Middle School

PGCPS

Project School Principal

Lori Taylor

Principal

High Point High School

PGCPS

Local School System Human Resources/Professional Learning Representative

Dr. Yolanda Stanislaus

Director of the Department of 

Professional Growth Systems

MCPS

Professional Development Representative

Elisa Hong

GEER II Innovative Support Teacher

MCPS

Professional Development Representative

Serenity Moore

Coordinator, New Employee Onboarding and Induction

MCPS

Project School Principal

Darryl Johnson

Principal

Rocky Hill Middle School

MCPS