OSDS - Key Persons


Belinda Parker

Job Titles:
  • Director, Engineering Freshman Learning Community Lecturer & Advisor

Chris McDaniel

Job Titles:
  • Freshman Lecturer and Advisor / 704 - 687 - 5023

Courtney Green

Job Titles:
  • Structural and Material Forensics Project Engineer
  • Teaching Assistant Professor and Advisor

Dr. Cathy Blat

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Assistant Dean for Student Experiences

Dr. Rachael Ohu

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director for Freshman Advising, Director of WE Engage!
Dr. Rachael Ohu is the Director of WE Engage! (Women Engineers Engaging the World) program and the Associate Director of Freshman Advising in the Office of Student Development and Success in the William States Lee College of Engineering. She also teaches the Engineering Pathways course (ENGR 1100) for first-year engineering students. Based on her personal […]

Gina Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Director for Recruiting and Freshman Advising, Freshman Advisor

Gwendolyn Gill

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of WE Engage
Gwendolyn Gill is the Associate Director of WE Engage!, a program for increasing the number of women studying engineering, engineering technology, and construction management at UNC Charlotte. She also teaches the introductory engineering and engineering technology and construction management courses (ENGR 1201 and ETGR 1201), and LBST 2301, Critical Thinking and Communications. Other classes Gwen […]

Jim Hartman

Job Titles:
  • Director for the Industrial Solutions Laboratory

Joan Lemcke

Job Titles:
  • Business Services Coordinator

Kelly Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Outreach

Lisa Lattimore

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Lecturer

Meg Harkins

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Practice and Chair of the Senior Design Committee

Michelle Prasad

Job Titles:
  • Senior Design Program Manager

Sam Nelon

Job Titles:
  • LCOE Recruiter

Shannon Keys

Job Titles:
  • Senior Design Lab Manager

Sid Alvis

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Practice, Freshman Advisor, Director of the Leadership Academy
Sid Alvis is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute with a BS in Electrical Engineering, and an Executive MBA from Northern Illinois University. After an assignment in the U.S. Air Force, Mr. Alvis entered the nuclear energy industry as a Systems Engineer at the Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant in New Hill, NC, during final […]

Yolanda McIlwaine

Job Titles:
  • Senior Student Services Specialist & Program Coordinator for All OSDS Programs