Brenda Sheridan, Executive Director

Brenda Sheridan is the Executive Director for DUCA, and a member of DUCA’s Academic Council. She is also the Director of College Relations at The iSchool at Drexel. She has a Ed.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in Higher Education Administration. Her dissertation title was: Key components of successful higher education online fundraising programs. Sheridan has a MS in Journalism from West Virginia University and a BS in Broadcast Journalism from Penn State University. She is a member of Kappa Tau Alpha, National Journalism Honorary. Sheridan has worked in higher education for the past 20 years as an Adjunct Instructor, fundraiser and administrator.

Miguel Vargas, Residential Life Director

Miguel Vargas has been Drexel University Computing Academy’s Residential Life Director since its inception in 2009. Previous to this appointment, he was a Pennsylvania Governor’s School for Information, Society, and Technology staff member for 10 years. Miguel is an architecture student at Drexel, and works for the Residential Living Department at the University.

Charles Rumford, Lead Tech

Charles attended the PGSIT, the predecessor to the Drexel University Computing Academy, in 2004 and started working for the program in 2006 while attending Drexel. His main interests in the computing world include: networking, systems administration, algorithms, computing education, and general non-sense. Also while at Drexel he has served with a number of organizations on campus and off-campus dealing to explore non-computing interests. He hopes this year to provide the best experience for the students. Charles graduated from Drexel University with a degree in Computer Science in Spring 2010.