Staff Development

As a leader, it is my responsibility to develop staff members. This means each employee is closer to their goals when they go to bed every night than where they started that morning. This takes a motivated employee, open communication of goals and development plans, positive reinforcement and an internal drive to ensure each employee is pushed to and beyond their limit. Every employee is expected to hit the ground running, ask questions to gain knowledge, make decisions, be aggressive and learn from mistakes. These actions will put each employee in a position to successfully broaden their skill set of job knowledge and life experiences and be prepared to be successful in any situation because of their developed problem solving skills and leadership ability. Detailed below is a list of employees I have been fortunate to have work for me and their career path since starting with the University of Maryland.

PJ Ellis: 2007 Graduate, Penn State University Started at University of Maryland as a staff member Promoted to Assistant Director, Grounds Runs all day to day operations for Maryland Athletic Grounds

Seth Whitehill: 2008 Graduate, Penn State University Worked two years at University of Maryland as a staff member Currently working as the Head Grounds Keeper for Little League World Series

Blake Hertzog: 2008 Graduate, Penn State University Volunteer member of University of Maryland staff Moved on to work at Wimbledon and as an Assistant Superintendent for the Pebble Beach Company

Mike Watson: 2008 Graduate, Penn State University Worked as member of University of Maryland staff Assistant Sports Turf Manager, LSU Second Assistant, Philadelphia Eagles

Kurt Klinger: 2010 Graduate, Penn State University Worked as intern for University of Maryland Staff in 2009 Returned to Maryland to work on staff for development purposes In charge of budget tracking, projections, outside company billing

Alex Steinman: 2011 Graduate, Penn State University Graduate first in his class Worked as an intern for University of Maryland Staff in 2010 Returned to work on staff for development purposes In charge of maintenance tracking, following labor and material costs to ensure fiscal responsibility

Kyle Hershey 2009 graduate, University of Maryland 2012 graduate, University of Miami Law School Graduated top 6% in his class form the University of Miami Law School Currently works for Wargo French LLP Associate Attorney, Financial Services, handling lender liability and complex commercial litigation