Office Directory

Human Resources Operations and Staffing

Our mission is to drive the system’s efforts around strategic educational reform through hiring and developing a highly effective workforce. The Division of Human Resources supports academic excellence with a key focus on high student achievement, ensuring highly effective teaching, and maximizing efficient and effective operations to support school system goals.

Sasscer Administration Building

14201 School Lane
Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772

Phone No.

hr.director@pgcps.org

Fax No.

N/A

Division:

Chief Human Resources Officer

Reports To:

Chief Human Resources Officer

Inside HR

Careers

Careers and Opportunities

Substitute Teaching Opportunities

Recruitment

Recruiting Events and Job Fairs

Career & Technical Education Programs

Position Descriptions

Employees

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee and Labor Relations

Employee Performance

Employee Records and Verification

Employee Services Center

Certification

HROS Core Services

Talent Acquisition & Management (TAM) HR Representatives Directory

Administrative & Central Office HR Representatives
Certification Office HR Representatives
Compensation & Classification Office HR Representatives
Substitute and Temporary Staffing Office HR Representatives
Instructional Staffing Office HR Representatives
Recruitment Office HR Representatives
Education Support Professionals Staffing Office HR Representatives

Administrative & Central Office HR Representatives

Key Areas	Name & Title	Contact Information
Supports hiring managers in hiring for vacancies and supporting employees who are in ASASP II with the exception of Principal Positions.	Michelle Hicks HR Partner	michelle.epps@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6141
Supports hiring managers in hiring for vacancies and supporting employees who are in ASASP III.	Margo Champion HR Partner	margo.champion@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6281
Supports hiring managers in hiring for vacancies and supporting employees who are in ASASP II.	Priscilla Gonzalez HR Junior Partner	pr.hendersongonzalez@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6033 Ext. 26033
Supports hiring managers in hiring for vacancies and supporting employees who are in ASASP III.	Noelle (Jaden) Burnett HR Junior Partner	jaden.burnett@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6033 Ext. 25913

Certification Office HR Representatives

Key Areas	Name & Title	Contact Information
Supervise/Manage all office duties	Elizabeth Saunders Temporary Senior Certification Partner	elizabeth.saunders@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6017
Professional License renewal	Linda Lee HR Certification Advisor	linda.lee@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6098
New Hires Lead Frontline Team	Katrina Brown Senior HR Partner	Katrina2.Brown@pgcps.org Phone: 301-780-6732
Resident Teacher Program Conditional License Lead Temporary Professional Licenses Lead	Brittany Mack HR Certification Advisor	brittany.mack@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-1860
Salary review Tuition Reimbursement	Brian Johnson HR Certification Advisor	brian.johnson@pgcps.org Phone: 301-780-6809
Frontline applicants APC/APL renewals	Walter Smith Certification Junior Partner	walter2.smith@pgcps.org Phone: 301-780-6865
APC/APL renewals Frontline applicants back up Transcript verification	Diane Eaches Certification Junior Partner	diane.eaches@pgcps.org Phone: 301-780-6861
Conditional Licenses Temporary Professional Licenses Certification email Phone calls	Teresa Ramos Credentialing Technician	teresa.ramos@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6145
Assist with APC renewal Current educator, transcripts/foreign evaluations/Praxis tests Certification email Phone calls	Jenny McDaniel Credentialing Technician	jenny.mcdaniel@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6034
New Hire documents Frontline Team Certification email Phone calls	Charisse Keys Credentialing Technician	charisse.keys@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6788

Compensation & Classification Office HR Representatives

Key Areas	Name & Title	Contact Information
Negotiations Implementation Manage all programs/functions Assigned Unit: Executive	Jen Blackwell Senior Compensation & Classification Partner	jenni.blackwell@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6212
Temp & 2nd Assign Requests Emoluments (Schools A – I) Assigned Units: SEIU ASASP II & III	Carolyn Bell Compensation & Classification Partner	carolyn.bell@pgcps.org Phone: 301-780-2199
Salary Retention (Red Circle) Emoluments (Schools J-Z) Assigned Units: PGCEA ACE-AFSCME	Crissy Thorne Compensation & Classification Partner	christine.thorne@pgcps.org Phone: 301-780-6866
	Melissa Whitney Compensation & Classification Partner	melissa.whitney@pgcps.org
Salary Inquiries Technical/Admin Support Website Maintenance	Imani Logan HR Junior Partner	imani.logan@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6130
Fill a Vacancy Request Position Control Acting/Working Out of Class	Jade Griffin-Hartnett, Ed.D. Position Management Partner	jade.griffin@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6518

Substitute and Temporary Staffing Office HR Representatives

Key Areas	Name & Title	Email
Manages business operations and full-cycle recruitment, hiring, and onboarding activities for Substitute and Temporary employee accounts. New Employee Orientation (NEO) until 6-30-25 Specifically responsible for Temporary Employee Assignments	Deirdria Hudnell Senior Employee Services Partner	deirdria.hudnell@pgcps.org Phone: 301-780-2191
NEO Facilitator, Adjunct Educators, Dedicated Aides (Schools M-Z), Home and Hospital Educators (Schools M-Z), Chromebook Interns	Lorri Plater Employee Services Partner	lorri.plater@pgcps.org Phone: 301-780-2191
NEO Facilitator, Substitute Teachers, Substitute Paraprofessionals, Athletic Workers, Frontline Absence Management Trainer (substitutes only)	Leo Washington III Employee Services Partner	leo.washington@pgcps.org Phone: 301-780-2191
Dedicated Aides (Schools A-L), Interpreters, Home and Hospital Educators (Schools A-L)	Lori Anderson Employee Services Partner	lori.anderson@pgcps.org Phone: 301-780-2191
Substitute Teachers, Substitute Paraprofessionals, Principal Referrals, Athletic Workers, Job Postings, and dashboard activities	Kendra Brown Employee Services Junior Partner	kendra2.brown@pgcps.org Phone: 301-780-2191
Provides administrative support for the Employee Services staffing accounts	Donna Eastman Employee Services Assistant	donna.eastman@pgcps.org Phone: 301-780-2191

Instructional Staffing Office HR Partners

School Support Staffing Areas 1-3

Key Areas	Name & Title	Contact Information
Summer School, Resident Teacher Onboarding, Job Postings/Dashboards	Latoya Butler HR Junior Partner	latoya.butler@pgcps.org Phone: 301-627-7295

Elementary Schools - Area 1

Key Areas	Name & Title	Contact Information
Manages the operations needed to support Clusters 1-6, 14, and 16	Traci Brown Senior HR Partner	traci.brown@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6354
Cluster 6 - Full Cycle Hiring and Staffing for School-based Instructional and Support Position	Stephanie Miller HR Partner	stephanie2.miller@pgcps.org Phone: 301-780-6819
Cluster 2, 16 - Full Cycle Hiring and Staffing for School-based Instructional and Support Positions	Brittany Chang HR Partner	brittany.chang@pgcps.org Phone: 301-780-5937
Cluster 5, 16 - Full Cycle Hiring and Staffing for School-based Instructional and Support Positions	Lashelle Ferguson HR Partner	lashelle@pgcps.org Phone: 240-573-7231
Cluster 4, 16 - Full Cycle Hiring and Staffing for School-based Instructional and Support Positions	Gladys Ugarte HR Partner	gladys.ugarte@pgcps.org Phone: 301-780-6417
Cluster 1 - Full Cycle Hiring and Staffing for School-based Instructional and Support Positions	Patricia Harrison HR Partner	patricia.harrison@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6047
Cluster 3 - Full Cycle Hiring and Staffing for School-based Instructional and Support positions	Kisha Reaves HR Partner	kisha.reaves@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6248
Cluster 14 - Full Cycle Hiring and Staffing for School-based Instructional and Support positions	Regina Sims HR Partner	regina.sims@pgcps.org
Provides administrative support for the Instructional Staffing Clusters 1-6, 14, and 16	Chikel Coleman HR Partner Assistant	chikel.coleman@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6383

Secondary, Charter, and Specialty Programs - Areas 2 & 3

Middle School/K-8/Charter

Key Areas	Name & Title	Email
Manages the operations needed to support Clusters 7-13 and 15 INTERIM HR PARTNER Cluster 15	Eryka Young Senior HR Partner	eryka.young@pgcps.org Phone: 301-780-6897
Online Campus and PGCEA Central Office - Full Cycle Hiring and Staffing for School-based Instructional positions, Content Supervisor Liaison, Summer Youth Enrichment Program (SYEP)	Kim Bagley HR Partner	kim.bagley@pgcps.org Phone: 301-780-6804
Cluster 8 - Full Cycle Hiring for School-based Instructional and Support Positions	Curtis Durham HR Partner	curtis.durham@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6054
Cluster 12 - Full Cycle Hiring and Staffing for School-based Instructional and Support Positions	Kiara Jones HR Partner	kiara3.jones@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6288
Cluster 7 - Full Cycle Hiring and Staffing for School-based Instructional and Support Positions	Candace Polk HR Partner	candace.polk@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-7773
Cluster 9 - Full Cycle Hiring and Staffing for School-based Instructional and Support Positions	Marjorie Rodgers HR Partner	marjorie.rodgers@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6281
Provides administrative support for the Instructional staffing Clusters 7, 8, 9, 12, 15	Stefanie Powers HR Partner Assistant	stefanie.powers@pgcps.org Phone: 301-780-6728

High School Cluster - Area 3

Key Areas	Name & Title	Email
Cluster 13 and Non-Traditional Programs - Full Cycle Hiring and Staffing for School-based Instructional and Support Positions	Phong Nguyen HR Partner	phong.nguyen@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6040
Cluster 10 and ROTC - Full Cycle Hiring and Staffing for School-based Instructional and Support Positions	Kiesha Gardner HR Partner	kiesha.gardner@pgcps.org Phone: 301-780-6408
Cluster 11 - Full Cycle Hiring and Staffing for School-based Instructional and Support Positions	Jesus Lee HR Partner	jesus.lee@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6532
Provides administrative support for Instructional Staffing Clusters 10, 11, 13	Laurie Trotter HR Partner Assistant	laurie.trotter@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6383

Recruitment Office Partners

Key Areas	Name & Title	Contact Information
General Recruitment Support	Tiffany Doster Senior Recruitment Advisor	Tiffany.Doster@pgcps.org Phone: 301-780-6404
General Recruitment Support	Lakeysha Littlejohn Recruitment Advisor	Lakeysha.Hill@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6052
Conditional Educator Program (CEP)	Alyse Montgomery Recruitment CEP Advisor	Alyse.Montgomery@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-2510
Frontline Recruiting and Hiring	Ranae Stradford Recruitment Advisor	Ranae.Stradford@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6581
Latinx Candidate Support	Sandy Mason, Ed.D. Recruitment Hispanic Outreach Advisor	Sandy.Mason@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-7817
Relocation Assistance Program and Retire/Rehire Program	Margaret Wiedmaier Recruitment Junior Partner	Margaret.Wiedmaier@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6348
Mainline telephone calls, voicemail, and walk-ins.	Hortencia Likins Recruitment Assistant	Hortencia.Likins@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6274

Education Support Professionals Staffing HR Representatives

Key Areas	Name & Title	Contact Information
Manages and supports the overall operations needed to complete Full Cycle Recruitment & Hiring for non-school-based support positions (ACE-AFSCME, Local 2250, SEIU, Local 400). This includes the current employee maintenance. Also, individually responsible for: Safety & Security Service Information Technology Board of Education	Curtis Eugene Senior HR Partner	curtis.eugene@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6136
Supports Full Cycle Recruitment & Hiring, along with current employee maintenance for: Transportation Services Central Garage Services	Nicole Eubanks HR Partner	nicole.johnson@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6132
Supports Full Cycle Recruitment & Hiring, along with current employee maintenance for: Building Services Maintenance HVAC Plumbing Electrical Carpentry Painter Plant Operation - Custodial (Local 400)	Christina Thomas HR Partner	christina.thomas@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6157 240-813-3840
Supports Full Cycle Recruitment & Hiring, along with current employee maintenance for: Central Office Health Services Purchasing & Supply Services / Warehouse	Venancia Mauge HR Partner	venancia.mauge@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6031
Supports Full Cycle Recruitment & Hiring, along with current employee maintenance for: Food & Nutrition Services	Jaminah Wortham HR Junior Partner (Food Services)	jaminah.wortham@pgcps.org Phone: 301-817-0535 Ext. 41395
Supports Full Cycle Recruitment & Hiring, along with current employee maintenance for: Transportation Services	Tracie Wallace HR Junior Partner (Transportation)	tracie.wallace@pgcps.org Phone: 202-594-8302 301-817-0535 Ext. 41347
Provides administrative support for the following staffing accounts: Central Office Health Services Information Technology Purchasing & Supply Services / Warehouse Safety & Security Service	Cristel Castillo HR Partner Assistant (Supporting C. Eugene and V. Mauge)	cristel.castillo@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6036 Ext. 26036
Provides administrative support for the following staffing accounts: Building Services Food & Nutrition Services Plant Operation - Custodial (Local 400)	Bridget Richardson HR Partner Assistant (Supporting J. Wortham and C. Thomas)	bridget.richardson@pgcps.org Phone: 301-952-6038 Ext. 26038
Provides administrative support for the following staffing accounts: Central Garage Services Transportation Services	Sara White HR Partner Assistant (Supporting N. Eubanks and C. Thomas)	sarah.white@pgcps.org Phone: 301-627-7287 Ext. 27287

Contact Information

Pearl Harmon, Ed.D.

Director

hr.director@pgcps.org