Team Members Contact Info

The Office of Career Services is available to assist students, alumni, employers, recruiters, and faculty/staff for career services related topics. Please use the information below to contact a team member to discuss your needs and our services.

Derrick Jordan
Director of Career Services

Office Locations: Building 38, Floor A, Room A-17 | Building 54, Floor 1, Room 129
Email: derrick.jordan@udc.edu
Phone: 202.274.6184
Fun Fact: He has been coaching wrestling on the high school level in Maryland for the past 20 years
LaShawn Sharp
Career Counselor (Van Ness Campus)
Office Location: Building 38, Floor A, Room A-18
Email: lashawn.sharp@udc.edu
Phone: 202.274.6932
Fun Fact: I am a certified yoga instructor.
Gouldion Smith-Malonado
Career Counselor (Van Ness Campus)
Office Location: Building 38, Floor A, Room A-17
Email: gouldion.smith@udc.edu
Phone: 202.274.6858
Fun Fact: I landed my first job by walking in and pitching the CEO as to why I’d be a great hire. I started the next day.
Dr. Sandra Shands-Strong
Career Counselor | Student Development Counselor (Lamond-Riggs Campus)

Office Location: Building 54, Floor 1, Room 129
Email: sshandsstrong@udc.edu
Phone: 202.274.5526
Fun Fact: She was elected “Graduate of the Year” when she was an undergraduate student
Precious Reed
Career Counselor (Lamond-Riggs Campus)
Office Location: Building 54, Floor 1, Room 129 | Building 38, Floor A, Room A-19
Email: precious.reed@udc.edu
Phone: 202.274.6493
Fun Fact: I am a published author!
Elizabeth Jordan
Office Manager
Office Location: Building 38, Floor A, Room A-22
Email: elizabeth.jordan@udc.edu
Phone: 202.274.6920
Fun Fact: She is a native Washingtonian born in Freedman’s Hospital (the first hospital to provide medical treatment to former slaves)