We are thrilled to announce that Erica D'Eramo is joining us as the new Director of Communications and Outreach for DoIT and will report to Jack Suess, VP of IT. Erica comes to us from the Center for Women in Technology (CWIT), where she has served as the Assistant Director since 2016. 

Erica brings a wealth of knowledge in communications and an undeniable commitment to student success. During her time in CWIT, she redesigned their marketing and communications plans to great success, and many of them have now been adopted by other university programs as a blueprint to increase their outreach efforts. Her expertise in strategic communication planning, stakeholder engagement, and designing interactive training and events will help DoIT to strengthen our services and communications to the campus community. 

Erica is dedicated to student success and has directed recruitment efforts, collaborated with internal and external partners, and created engaging curricula focused on leadership, social justice, and professional development with CWIT. An experienced mentor herself, she developed and marketed the CWIT Faculty Mentoring Program and Culturally Responsive Mentoring, and has planned the K-12 CWIT programs and Scholar Selection Day. Outside of CWIT, she has taught First Year Experience courses and various practicum courses and serves on the USM Women’s Forum.  

Erica will support DoIT and the Maryland Institute for Innovative Computing (MIIC) student workforce development efforts in information technology. Presently, between MIIC and DoIT, we are working with approximately 150 students a year, which we hope to continue to grow over the next few years. Erica will build on the work now being done to mentor and develop students.

Her experience in fostering strong relationships with campus partners is a tremendous asset to us. We officially welcomed Erica to DoIT on August 12th!