Leland Gardner

Currently, I am an instructor at the R.H. Smith School of Business at the Univesity of Maryland. I teach a variety of courses at UMD both at the graduate and undergradaute level. Course include; introduction to business, supply chain management, transportation management, business and government, international business, and supply chain risk. I also teach on line courses at University of Maryland, University College. Courses taught on line include principles of marketing, marketing communications, customer relationship management, integrated marketing communications and internatinal marketing.

From 2009 until retirement in 2017, I served as the Managing Director of the Surface Transportation Board. I retired from the government in September 2017 with 45 years and 8 months of civil and military service. As a member of the Senior Executive Service, I had four senior managers (GS-15) report directly to me. I was responsible for Human Resources, Information Technology, Budget and Finance and Facilities Management. In my last postion, I had 20 employees in my office.