Craig E. Spilman, Ph.D., Executive Director
Craig Spilman is the Executive Director of the CollegeBound Foundation which is one of our nation’s premier college access programs serving 20,000 urban high school students in the City of Baltimore. In his former principal role, Craig was recognized for leading the transformation of three urban middle schools in Baltimore.  He also served as an Associate Superintendent, led the Maryland State Middle School Association as its Executive Director for ten years, and for fifteen years was the Education Director for Baltimore City’s Sister Cities International Programs. Craig Spilman is an adjunct professor in the Master of Arts in Teaching Program at Maryland Institute College of Art and consults for the Mercatus Center at George Mason College and Towson University.

For more than thirty years, Craig’s work in the field of urban education reform has received national recognition, including being featured in Time Magazine in 1997.  He has led over 200 seminars and presentations throughout the country for organizations such as the National Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, the National Middle School Association, the Maryland State Department of Education, the Carnegie Corporation, and the Southern Regional Council.  Dozens of newspaper and journal articles as well as national media exposure (CNN, CBS, Fox, and NPR) have chronicled his school reform accomplishments.

Jimmy Tadlock, Program Director
Jimmy Tadlock graduated from Florida State University with a degree in Criminal Justice Administration. Mr. Tadlock went to Officer Candidate School and then NSA and a variety of assignments in various parts of the world. Cryptology was his specialty. After the Gulf War, Mr. Tadlock resigned his commission as a naval officer, to become a public school teacher.

Before coming to CollegeBound in 1999, Mr. Tadlock taught middle school math and science for the Baltimore City Public Schools. Concerned about students least likely to succeed, Mr. Tadlock designed a model program which caught the attention of NASA. The success of this program became the model for Earth KAM, a project whereby school children throughout the country can communicate with astronauts and monitor space shuttles. His success in the classroom has led to his teaching, each summer, at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Djenaba Bahar, Associate Program Director of High Schools
Mrs. Bahar is a graduate of Baltimore City Schools. She received a BS in Business Administration from Morgan State University and a Master of Arts in Non Profit Management from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland.

Deana Carr-Davis, Associate Program Director of Scholarships
Deana is a Baltimore native, a former scholarship recipient and graduate of Friends School. She earned her bachelors degree in sociology from Boston University. While in college she held internships with the Department of Youth Services and the Juvenile Justice Center at Suffolk University. She studied abroad with Semester at Sea, visiting ten countries around the world. After college, Deana returned to Baltimore to complete a year of service with AmeriCorps at the Choice Program, an affiliate of the Shriver Center at UMBC. She has also worked in alternative schools in South Baltimore and Kingston, Jamaica. Prior to managing the scholarship program, Deana was a CollegeBound College Access Program Specialist, and served as Director of College Counseling for My Sister's Circle, an intensive all-girls mentoring program. Deana remains passionate about youth development and believes that higher education is an asset that can empower and strengthen underserved communities.

Beth Furlong, Development Director
Beth Furlong has joined the team at CollegeBound Foundation as Development Director.  CollegeBound changes lives by providing essential college advising, scholarships and “Last Dollar Grants” enabling underserved students in Baltimore City Public Schools to attend college. Furlong’s primary focus will be to identify and promote opportunities for financial support of CollegeBound within the greater Baltimore community. A native Baltimorean, she began her professional career in the National Sales office of Marriott Hotels in New York City. Furlong comes to CollegeBound from St. Paul’s School for Girls where she was the Alumnae Director and Director of Gift Planning. She has a Bachelor’s degree from Wake Forest University where she majored in education.

Amy Hummers, Office Administrator
Amy joined CollegeBound Foundation in the summer of 2010. A native of New England, she brings with her a wide range of skills including administration, marketing, graphic design, web site design & development, office managing and technical support. Amy works hard to keep the office organized and can be found working on any number of CollegeBound special projects.

Peter Kissiov, Scholarship Administrator
Peter Kissiov, a native of Bulgaria, moved to Baltimore County in 2000 where he attended Baltimore Lutheran High School. He recently graduated from Clemson University (majored in History and minored in Education) in South Carolina and returned to Baltimore to pursue a career and further his education. Peter joins CollegeBound as a Scholarship Administrator, working daily to facilitate communication between the foundation and students, both current and prospective. Peter has a passion for history and technology and enjoys various outdoor activities in his free time.

Marsha Lieberman, CPA, Financial and Human Resources Manager
Marsha Lieberman has been with CollegeBound Foundation since 1999. She is a graduate of the University of Baltimore where she received a Bachelors Degree in Accounting. Ms. Lieberman has previously worked in public accounting, internal audit and was a regional controller for a local corporation.

Mollie Maul, Program Administrator
Mollie moved to Maryland from Long Island in 2010. She is a 2008 graduate of Stony Brook University with a major in Environmental Studies and a minor in Marine Science. Mollie is thrilled to be working at CollegeBound Foundation in the capacity of Program Administrator.

Barbara Moon, Executive Administrative Assistant
Barbara Moon joined the CollegeBound Foundation in 2003. She assists the Executive Director and staff with secretarial and administrative activities. She also coordinates planning and preparation efforts for the Board of Directors' meetings and maintains the fundraising database.

David Ross, Director of Technology
David Ross has worked on first Computer and then Network Systems for over 20 years starting in High School.  Mr. Ross grew up in the Northern Virginia Metro Area and after graduating from Yorktown HS in Arlington, Virginia went on to earn a degree in Computer Engineering from Capitol College in Laurel, Maryland.  After graduating, Mr. Ross worked on a project for the Long Island Railroad to create the first outdoor based audio/visual system for Visual and Hearing Imparied Commuters in compliance with the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act.  Mr. Ross went on to help create a start-up company which developed a NASA patent on a new type of Flat Panel Display.  Both the Proof of Concept and First Prototype were developed in Baltimore, MD.  Mr. Ross joined the CollegeBound Foundation in 2006 as the Director of Technology.

Daniel Russell, Associate Program Director for College Retention
In over twelve years of service in education Daniel has had the opportunity to work in nearly every facet of the field. He has worked with and helped to enhance learning for students from kindergarten to college. He brings a wealth of experience to CollegeBound having served the Baltimore community with overlapping duties as a Spanish teacher, mentor, tutor, coach, GED instructor, SAT scorer, and school administrator. He majored in education at Coppin State University as an undergrad and went on to pursue a graduate degree at Johns Hopkins University in educational leadership. Mr. Russell is passionate about youth empowerment in Baltimore and believes that higher education is an underutilized asset that can strengthen the city’s underserved communities.

Michael Thornton, Retention Specialist
Mr. Thornton is a native of Baltimore and a product of the Baltimore City Public School System. After graduating from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute High School he attended Virginia Tech. While in college, Mr. Thornton participated in the Army ROTC program and the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets. Upon graduation he received a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a commission as a Lieutenant in the United States Army. His military assignments have included Germany, Saudi Arabia and a tour of duty as the Assistant Professor of Military Science at Lynchburg College. Prior to joining CollegeBound, Mr. Thornton worked as a Counselor and Program Director at New Dominion School in Virginia.