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Pamela Sheff is the director of the Center for Leadership Education, as well as the Master of Science in Engineering Management Program. She is known for developing project-based curricula that brings industry into the classroom and involves students in active learning with industry leaders. 

Sheff is an award-winning writer and marketing communications consultant, with a wealth of experience developing marketing, public relations, and communications strategies for clients ranging from start-ups to large corporate, institutional, and government organizations.

She founded Sheff & Lano Communications and was one of the founding members of the Prison Education Partnership, an organization devoted to providing college education to incarcerated men and women. She has taught business communications for private companies and directed the Writing Program at Goucher College. She earned her PhD from Harvard University, and prior to becoming a consultant, served for three years as a public affairs and editorial director for WMAR-TV.