The Outreach and Engagement Team highlights the learner-centered approach of the center’s technology-enhanced educational tools.
The team’s foundational strategy elevates the organization’s mission, vision, and values with compelling, compassionate messaging, multimedia, and web content creation.
Meet the Team
Gennarose Pope
Program Director
Outreach and Engagement Team
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Gennarose Pope has been a cause-based communications leader in the disability nonprofit space for over 10 years. She is passionate about advocacy, inclusion, and strategy, and is dedicated to lifting all voices—especially those that struggle to be heard—to ensure equal access to learning, earning, and thriving.
Gennarose helps put CTE’s best word forward. Through a foundational outreach and engagement strategy that highlights the learner-centered approach of the center’s technology-enhanced educational tools, she and her team elevate the organization’s mission, vision, and values with compelling, compassionate messaging, multimedia, and web content creation.
Jennifer Mao
Visual Designer
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Jennifer Mao, Visual Designer, specializes in helping CTE elevate its storytelling and engagement through visually impactful design solutions. As the sole in-house graphic designer at CTE, she applies her design skills across a wide range of areas—from print to digital media to social media to brand development. Her expertise in industry-standard tools enables her to tackle diverse projects and deliver innovative solutions to complex design challenges.
She creates content that fosters community engagement and builds brand awareness through multiple social media platforms. Driven by curiosity and a passion for design, she’s committed to delivering high-quality results that captivate, inform, and inspire.
Karyn Spellman
Senior Outreach Associate
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Karyn Spellman, Senior Outreach Associate, brings her background as a journalist to help craft and refine the content that showcases CTE’s best work. With more than 30 years of experience as an editor and a writer in news, public relations, and higher education, Karyn is driven to tell the stories that illuminate the breakthroughs, triumphs, and challenges of research, achievements, and educational journeys.
Stephanie Turnbach
Senior Outreach Associate
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Stephanie Turnbach, Senior Outreach Associate, focuses on outreach opportunities for CTE and Maryland EXCELS. Her background in early childhood education and passion for organizing, planning, and building relationships carry over in her work throughout CTE. She is excited to bring her 25 years of experience in the education field and passion for equal educational opportunities for all learners into her projects.