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• Clarvit Courtyard
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• University of Maryland Art Gallery

• African American Digital and Experimental Humanities (AADHum)
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• College Park Scholars
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• Do Good Institute
• Frederick Douglass Center
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• Maryland Democracy Initiative
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• Maya Brin Institute for New Performance
• Mid-Atlantic Quantum Alliance
• Studio for Literary Technology
• Terps Vote
• Terrapin Community Music School
• The 1856 Project
• The Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace & Development
• The First-Year Innovation & Research Experience (FIRE)
• The Institute for Systems Research
• University Libraries
• University of Maryland Medical Center
• ​​University of Maryland Student Government Association (SGA)
• XFoundry

Dave Baggett ’92 is Founder and CEO of INKY, whose flagship INKY Phish Fence platform leads the email security market for MSPs. Arguably the biggest cybersecurity problem today, phishing drives over $1.5B/year of theft, PII exfiltration and credential harvesting. Prior to INKY, Dave co-developed the world-renowned Crash Bandicoot series at Naughty Dog, as one of the two developers on the original title for PlayStation 1. After Naughty Dog, Dave co-founded travel search company ITA Software, where he oversaw software development, operations and customer success. ITA grew to over 500 employees before its April 2011 sale to Google for $700M, at which point it was Google’s sixth largest acquisition ever. Dave holds a B.S./B.A. in Computer Science and Linguistics from the University of Maryland, College Park, as well as a S.M. in Computer Science from MIT. Dave lives with his wife Kip in Maryland; the couple have two children, both currently attending college.

Nancy Herfort Clarvit ’78 is a retired graphic and interior designer in New York and Florida and is a member of the College Park Foundation Board of Trustees and the Co-Chair of the Development Committee. She was on the College of Arts and Humanities Dean’s Cabinet and now is on the Dean’s Advisory Council for Arts for All. She still continues to create art, using the latest technology, an iPad. When UMD partnered with The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., Nancy served on their Board of Trustees for three years. Nancy and her husband, Chuck, are backers of the graphic design concentration in The Department of Art, which has inspired the Clarvit Lecture Series, allowing students to meet and learn from professionals, culminating in a critical portfolio review. They have also supported the Design Studio, now equipped with cutting-edge technology, and The Clarvit Design Scholarships to be given to talented and in-need design students. A new addition this year was support for the Clarvit Courtyard outside of the Art/Sociology Building where art students and faculty have their work displayed, as well as a place to collaborate with fellow artists or classmates. In addition to UMD, Nancy serves on the Board of Trustees for White Plains Hospital and on its Community Relations and Marketing Committee. Chuck served on the Board of Trustees for Johns Hopkins University for 18 years and currently serves on the Krieger Arts and Sciences Advisory Board. He works with their son, Sam, who is the Vice Chair of the iSchool Board of Advisors at Syracuse University. Their daughter, Alison, has a BA ('13) and MA ('14) from the University of Maryland-College Park School of Education/Special Education and serves on its Advisory Committee. Additionally, the Clarvits have supported the School of Education with scholarships as well as the Dean's General Fund. Nancy is a graduate of the University of Maryland-College Park and has a BS(’78) in Graphic Design, with a minor in Business. 

Ashley Manning Foxworth ’06 studied English at the University of Maryland, where she found community on a large campus after attending a small all-girls high school. After graduating, she served two years with Teach for America, then earned master’s degrees in teaching from American University and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, as well as a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2011. A trustee of the University of Maryland College Park Foundation since 2022, Foxworth is a supporter of the university alongside her husband, Domonique Foxworth, whom she met at UMD. Together, they established the Foxworth Creative Enterprise Initiative, supporting arts- and humanities-driven innovation, and the Foxworth Do Good Internship Endowed and current-use scholarship, which supports students serving underserved communities. She previously served on the College of Arts and Humanities Dean’s Advisory Committee and co-chaired ARHU’s Fearless Ideas campaign. A Teach for America alumna, Foxworth remains deeply committed to education and community impact.

Carol Brown Goldberg ’62, earned a BA and MFA from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a BFA from the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Katzen Arts Center, the Frost Art Museum, the Phillips Collection, the Conarte Museum in Mexico, and the Chautauqua Institute.Her work is held in major collections such as the National Museum for Women in the Arts, the South Dakota Art Museum, the Vero Beach Museum of Art, and the Academy Art Museum in Spain. Her honors include the University of Maryland’s Distinguished Terrapin Award, the Daryl Reich Rubenstein Award, Moment Magazine’s Year of the Woman Gala honor, and an Individual Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council.

Leslie W. Hardware, MD, was born in Jamaica and moved to the United States as a teenager to attend college. He earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Andrews University, with minors in chemistry and mathematics, while also studying voice. He received his medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine in 1976. After joining the Howard University faculty, he began a long career in emergency medicine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he served for more than three decades. He has also been a member of the George Washington University medical faculty since 2001. A board-certified physician in internal medicine and emergency medicine, Hardware is also a lifelong musician. He studied voice for four years at Andrews University and has sung in choirs since his early teens, including more than 25 years with the University of Maryland Chorus under Paul Traver and Edward Maclary. He remains active in the alumni chorus and summer choral concert series and helped establish the Paul Traver Endowed Scholarship in Conducting in 2011.

Randy Lord ’77 serves as a member of the University of Maryland Foundation Board of Trustees.  He earned his degree in Theatre from UMD in 1977.  He is a classically trained pianist, singer and actor who became a lawyer when he was 32 years old. He spent nearly a decade working in New York as an actor, singer, choreographer, director and musical director, allowing him to perform in a multitude of venues in the United States and abroad. His work included concerts, plays and musicals, and he was hired to appear in dozens of feature films, television programs and commercials, with stars that included Bob Fosse, Tom Hanks, Ron Howard, Paul Newman, Jane Fonda, Sylvester Stallone, Donald O’Connor and numerous others. Randy is a member of Actor’s Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television & Radio Artists. Randy’s communication skills, ability to think on his feet and understanding of human nature—all learned at the University of Maryland—paved the way for his success as a lawyer.  Randy pivoted into law shortly after scoring in the top 1% of the nation on the Law School Admission Test, earning him admission to the University of Florida College of Law, where he graduated 1st in the class of 1988.  Randy worked as a litigator at Trenam Law in Tampa for several years before joining the national law firm Foley & Lardner.  During his time as a litigator, Florida Governor Lawton Chiles appointed him to be Entertainment Commissioner for the state.  Because of his knowledge of the entertainment industry and his legal skills, Randy was hired to join the legal team at Walt Disney World in Orlando. Randy retired as a partner from the country’s second-largest employment law firm, Jackson Lewis, in 2008. During his retirement, Randy has enjoyed providing pro bono legal services to Central Florida Community Arts and the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, assisting in the negotiations for the Philharmonic’s current collective bargaining agreement.  

Randy and his husband, Steve Fessler (USF ’77), were thrilled to be on the team that brought the Pulitzer-prize-winning and 2022 Tony-award-winning best musical “A Strange Loop” to Broadway. The show had a successful run in London during the summer of 2023 and is scheduled to open in San Francisco and Los Angeles in 2024. 

Catherine “Kip” Young ’89 is an editing and social media consultant and University of Maryland alumna. She has built a career in communications and digital strategy while remaining actively engaged in arts and alumni initiatives at UMD. Young served on the Arts for All Dean’s Advisory Council, supporting program development and community engagement alongside her spouse, Dave Baggett.