Executive Director of Center for Career and Professional Development
SMCM Alum , Class of 1987
Biography
With over 40 years of experience, Cindy Greb serves as the Executive Director at the Center for Career and Professional Development at St. Mary's College of Maryland. Her career highlights include leading large-scale real estate projects, natural resource initiatives on military installations, and regional land conservation programs. At St. Mary's, Cindy manages a team dedicated to the LEAD initiative, which prepares students for their professional careers through experiential learning.
Cindy's academic background includes studies in Landscape Architecture at Rutgers University, a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science from St. Mary's College of Maryland, Residential Development & Site Planning at Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a Master of Science in Strategic Communications from UMGC. Cindy also holds certifications from the Maryland Department of the Environment and the US Army Corps of Engineers.
Passionate about community service, Cindy has volunteered and continues to serve on various boards, including Historic Sotterley, MedStar St. Mary's Hospital, St. Mary's County Community Development Corporation, The Patuxent Partnership's SoMD 2030 Workforce Development Advisory Board, the college's Strategic Plan Implementation Committee (SPITFIRE), and the Maryland Higher Education Commission's Advisory Council on Workforce Shortage. Cindy has also been selected to showcase the LEAD program at conferences at various levels - locally, regionally, and nationally.
Job Description
As the first and one of only two public honors colleges in the country, St. Mary's College of Maryland has made it its mission to put every student in charge of their journey forward. We do that through an initiative we call LEAD. LEAD stands for Learning Through Experiential and Applied Discovery - an all-encompassing, integrative pathway that will help prepare students for whatever their next step is—research, graduate school, or the workforce. LEAD blends together a thoughtful and purposeful academic experience with professional skill development, weaving credit-bearing courses and hands-on opportunities right into their chosen degree - all managed through our Career Development & Professional Pathways division.
As Executive Director, Greb provides strategic leadership for these programs - spanning career advisement, job search skills, acquisition, internship opportunities, employer engagement, recruiting activities, core curriculum development and implementation, and more. This requires active and innovative outreach to alumni, employers, and members of SMCM and external communities - and engagement of these constituents in the mission and work of the center. This position is responsible for deepening existing and creating new relationships with internal stakeholders across campus to expand the impact of the office's efforts on behalf of students. This oversight includes, but is not limited to, professional skills development as part of the general education curriculum and career services focused on areas such as employer relations, assisting students with internships and externships, and graduate placement into skill-based work. As Executive Director, she also serves an important external role by building creative and productive alliances with a wide range of external partners, including alumni, employers, foundations, and other organizations.
Education
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B.A. in Environmental Science at St. Mary's College of Maryland, 1987
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M.S. in Strategic Communication at University of Maryland Global Campus, 2023
Awards
- National Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi