The Ombuds Blog: Montgomery College Hires New Ombuds

July 19, 2016

Montgomery College Hires New Ombuds

Julie Schwartz Weber has been named the second Ombuds for Montgomery College. She will be the first full-time Ombuds for the community college just outside Washington, D.C. Sarah Miller Espinosa, who set up the office in August 2013, will stay on as a Special Assistant to the President to help expand the Ombuds Office to students in 2017.

Weber has been the Human Resources Manager at Summit Consulting and has worked at a variety of other institutions including Boston College. She has been a mediator and has completed IOA training. She graduated from Columbia University and earned a JD Boston College. (Inside MC.)

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July 19, 2016

Montgomery College Hires New Ombuds

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