Meet the Coordinator

Kathleen Bovard, M.Ed., A.G.S., L.C.P.C.
Kathleen Bovard is a career development specialist, with over 20 years of experience providing comprehensive career counseling, coaching, assessment, and consultation services to both individuals and organizations. Kathy is also a licensed clinical professional counselor in Maryland and maintains her own private consultation practice.

She initially joined the McDaniel College faculty in 1999, teaching a graduate course on career management in the master's program in Human Resources Development. Most recently, she accepted the position as Coordinator of the graduate program in Human Resources Development at the college.

Prior to accepting this position, she had been employed at the Johns Hopkins University since 1991, serving as the Director of both the Career and Life Planning Center and the Office of Student Affairs for nine years. In 2000, Kathy joined the School of Education at Hopkins as a faculty associate, where she taught graduate courses on counseling theory and practice, career development theory and practice, career coaching, and organizational career management.

Kathy has her undergraduate degree in psychology from Dickinson College and her graduate degrees in counseling and personnel services and rehabilitation counseling from the University of Maryland at College Park.

Faculty and Practitioners

The HRD program at McDaniel College uses the services of experts in their fields to instruct the courses in various specialized areas. Practitioners bring real work place issues into the classroom and blend theory with practice to prepare students for success. In addition to valuable instruction, these instructors also provide useful networking connections for aspiring leaders.