Women Inspire
Save the Date: Thursday, March 2, 2023 ● 6 to 8 p.m. ● Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center
Women Inspire will showcase Maryland Smith’s fearless alumnae leaders excelling in business. This annual event will celebrate female empowerment that inspires attendees and challenges them to realize and reach their full potential.
The 2023 Women Inspire Honoree will be Maryland Smith alumna Janice deGarmo, MBA ‘07, Director of the Office of Management Strategy & Solutions at the U.S. Department of State. We are planning for an in-person Women Inspire program, which is scheduled for Thursday, March 2, 2023 at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center.
For questions about the event or media inquiries, please contact Mark Forrest at maf31@umd.edu.
Don’t Forget! Attendees of Maryland Smith Women Inspire are also encouraged to attend the new Women’s Leadership Development Conference on Friday, March 3, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The conference will be hosted by the UMD Alumni Association.
Janice deGarmo serves as the Director of the Office of Management Strategy and Solutions (M/SS) focused on providing strategic insights and solutions to help improve the Department of State’s management platform and advance foreign policy goals. In this capacity, Janice oversees the Policy and Global Presence (PGP), Center for Analytics (CfA), and Consulting and Advanced Projects (CAP) directorates. In her role, she is focused on a variety of initiatives that are headlined in the Secretary’s modernization agenda to include global presence and agility, mobility and the Future of Work, risk management, data and analytics, optimization, and sustainability across the enterprise.