The University of Maryland's Senior Marshals represent graduating seniors who have demonstrated the highest levels of scholarship, service to the campus community, extracurricular involvement, and personal growth.
The 86 senior marshals, who carry the banners for schools, colleges and departments, have been named 2026 senior marshals in recognition of their outstanding scholarship, service to the campus community, extracurricular involvement and personal growth. Thirteen of them have received citations from College Park Scholars programs.
This outstanding group of students will lead their classmates at UMD's 2026 Commencement ceremony on Wednesday, May 20, in SECU Stadium. The student processional will begin at 6 p.m. For more information about commencement, visit commencement.umd.edu.
Meet the College Park Scholars alumni who are Senior Marshals:
Eileen Chen (dual degrees: information systems; finance) is a first-generation student from Rockville, Md. She served on the Robert H. Smith School of Business Dean’s Student Advisory Council; was a College Park Scholar and sat on the Scholars Advisory Board; and was a member of the QUEST Honors Program and a Smith Business Leadership fellow. She also served as president of the Women in Business Association and the Alpha Kappa Psi professional business fraternity; worked as the project management lead for the Center for Social Value Creation and the Office of Experiential Learning at Smith; and was named the 2024 Omicron Delta Kappa Sophomore Leader of the Year. Chen completed internships with both Northrop Grumman and J.P. Morgan Private Bank, whose New York City office she will return to full-time after graduation.
Anika Darbari (major: neuroscience; minor: Spanish) of Silver Spring, Md., participated in College Park Scholars’ Life Sciences program. She served as president of STRIVE, a sickle-cell mentorship program, internal vice president of BridgeUMD, and committee chair of UMD’s chapter of the American Medical Student Association, Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership honor society and the Student Health Advisory Committee. Additionally, she has worked as a Neuroscience Teaching assistant, OMSE tutor, and volunteered locally at Holy Cross Hospice and Children’s National Hospital throughout her time on campus. Upon graduation, Anika is excited to attend medical school in the fall, where she hopes to continue advocating for and serving patients.
Saili Khorjekar (major: public health science; minor: law and society) of Columbia, Md., was in the Global Public Health Scholars program, a teaching assistant for introductory chemistry classes, president of Phi Alpha Epsilon, the Public Health Honors Society, vice president and later chief of staff in the Student Government Association, vice president of Remote Area Medical, and director of Maryland Minza. Khorjekar volunteered with the Prevention of Blindness and served as a medical assistant for an ophthalmologist. After graduation, she will be a research associate at the University of Miami's Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and hopes to apply to medical school.
Richard Lee (majors: marketing, international business; minors: nonprofit leadership and social Innovation, creative writing) is a Korean American from Baltimore. He served as Focus Family leader and vice president at Kharis Campus Ministry, as a Smith Business Leadership Fellows Program mentor and ambassador, and as a Hack4Impact National Operations Committee member. He was also part of the College Park Scholars’ Public Leadership program, Smith Business Leadership Fellows and Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House. He aspires to be a positive change in his community by bridging the gap between for-profit and not-for-profit sectors and putting smiles on the faces of anyone around him.
Olivia Lewis (major: biological sciences; minor: classical mythology) of Ellicott City, Md., is an alumnus of the College Park Scholars’ Life Sciences (LS) program, where she was a peer mentor and LS representative on the Student Advisory Board and the Scholars representative on the Undergraduate Studies Dean's Student Advisory Board. Lewis was also a teaching assistant for four semesters and participated in the Federal Fellows program, culminating in an internship with the Department of Energy. Lewis hopes to pursue a master’s degree in genetic counseling, combining her love of biology and service.
Inez “Dulce” Ortiz (major: criminology and criminal justice) is a first-generation student who was editor-in-chief of the bilingual newspaper La Voz Latina, vice president of the Latinx Student Union and peer mentor captain of the College Park Scholars International Studies Program. Additionally, she was a Do Good Award winner and medallion recipient, a volunteer for the Center for Community Engagement and a member of the Unity Center Steering Committee. A December 2025 graduate, she went on to work for the federal government.
Sarah Pham (dual degrees: information systems, operations management and business analytics; minor: data science) of Frederick, Md., served as vice president of engagement and vice president of external affairs for Consult Your Community’s UMD branch, finance and information systems tutor for athletes in the GSAC Tutorial Program, algebra tutor in the Every Child Project, undergraduate researcher in the Biogeochemistry Lab and teaching assistant for a data analytics class. Pham was a member of the Omicron Delta Kappa National Honor Society and received the citation for the Science, Technology, and Society Scholars Program and was a member of the inaugural Smith Business Leadership Fellows cohort. She plans to work in the digital equity, sustainability and educational nonprofit sectors after graduation.
Riya Raikar (major: biological sciences; minors: humanities, health, and medicine; Asian American studies) of Ellicott City, Md., served as a research associate in the Water Quality, Outreach and Wellness (WOW) Laboratory in the School of Public Health, where she studied microbial water quality and worked with her team to analyze its effect on community health. She served as the DEI subcommittee chair for the Student Health Advisory Committee, president of the Oxfam Club and marketing chair for Phi Delta Epsilon medical fraternity’s Maryland Beta chapter. Raikar, a College Park Scholar, was also active in the Every Child Project and the Food Recovery Network.
Marvi Shroff (dual degrees: finance, information systems) of Clarksburg, Md., was deeply involved at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, serving as co-lead of recruiting in the QUEST Honors Program, a Smith ambassador, a teaching assistant for two upper-level courses, and director of fundraising and director of social activities for Alpha Kappa Psi. Beyond the business school, Shroff was active in the College Park Scholars Public Leadership program, first as a peer mentor, then as a teaching assistant for the program’s capstone course over the past two years. She will work at Capital One as an associate in the Finance Rotation Program.
Sarah St. Villier (dual degrees: public policy; criminology and criminal justice; minor: rhetoric) of Burtonsville, Md., was a Maryland Promise Scholar and College Park Scholar who served as program director for the Policy Student Government Association, director of programming for the Black Pre-Law Association and co-president of the Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society. A UMD Maryland Fellow, she was an intern with the Maryland General Assembly’s Judicial Proceedings Committee and the Partnership for Public Service, where she developed skills in legislative research, leadership development and public engagement. St. Villier plans to attend law school and pursue a career in criminal defense.
Erin Tebbe (major: kinesiology) is an alumna of the Kinesiology Honors Program and College Park Scholars. She served as president of the Kinesiology Student Organization, vice president of the Phi Alpha Epsilon Honorary Society, teaching assistant for sports psychology, and kinesiology student panelist, while also working as a weight/fitness supervisor at University Recreation and Wellness. She was a tutor with Lakeland STARs, conducted research in the Human Performance Biopsychology Laboratory, and gained clinical experiences with Maryland Athletics Sports Medicine. Tebbe was a two-time recipient of the Dean’s Scholar Undergraduate Award for Kinesiology, an American Kinesiology Association Scholar Award nominee, and an inductee of the Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership honor society. Upon graduation, Tebbe plans to pursue her Doctorate of Physical Therapy degree at the Ohio State University.
Adaugo Umeh (major: public health science; minor: disability studies) of Bowie, Md., was the president and founder of Black Maternal Health@UMD student organization. She served as a research assistant for the BLACK Health Research Lab, a resident assistant, a student video intern for UMD’s football team, a social media assistant and an operations assistant for Maryland Athletics, a teaching assistant on the School of Public Health’s UTEAM, a volunteer at the Pregnancy Aid Center, a tutor for Lakeland STARs, a representative on the Scholars Advisory Board for the Science and Global Change living-learning program and a member of Delta Epsilon Mu, a professional pre-health fraternity. After graduation, Umeh plans to obtain a Master of Public Health degree before attending medical school to become a physician who advocates for underserved communities, especially mothers of color.
Chaltu Watkins (major: public policy; certificate: African American and Africana studies) of Frederick, Md., earned a citation in the College Park Scholars Justice and Legal Thought program and was a Rawlings Leadership Fellow. She also served as a Maryland fellow in the Maryland General Assembly Writing Seminar cohort and participated in the Do Good Institute’s Impact Interns program. She plans in her work to uplift marginalized communities and promote more inclusive systems.