Outstanding Service Award

The University of Maryland College Park Foundation annually presents its Outstanding Service Award to an individual whose support of the University has helped it to achieve its current status as one of the top research universities in the country. These award recipients, both dedicated alumni and honorary Terps, have made important contributions to the University of Maryland, its surrounding community, our state and beyond.

2025 Recipient: Comptroller Brooke Lierman

Comptroller Brooke Lierman

Brooke Lierman is the 34th Comptroller of the state of Maryland and the first woman to be independently elected to one of our state’s constitutional offices. As Comptroller, she has focused on making government work better by modernizing the agency’s aging IT infrastructure and staff structure, and she has created an office of public engagement to ensure that the resources of the agency are shared with Maryland businesses and residents. Comptroller Lierman is an attorney by training, practicing as a civil rights and disability rights lawyer for many years, and prior to her election as Comptroller, she served for eight years as a member of the House of Delegates representing part of Baltimore City. While in the House, she championed the M Power initiative, allowing the partnership between the University of Maryland College Park and the University of Maryland Baltimore to flourish.

2025 Recipient: Senator Craig Zucker

Senator Craig Zucker

Senator Craig Zucker has been a member of the Maryland Senate representing part of Montgomery Country since 2016, where since 2019 he has served as a member of the Budget and Taxation Committee and since 2021 has chaired the Capital Budget Subcommittee. He has been instrumental in helping to support and fund many of our campus’ major capital projects including Zupnik Hall, a new $244M state of the art engineering building, the new Chemistry Building, the Health and Human Sciences Project as well as the campus’ first graduate student housing project in decades. Known for excellent constituent service and bipartisan efforts, Senator Zucker has championed legislation on developmental disabilities, education, and economic support. Prior to joining the Senate, Senator Zucker served for five years as a member of the House of Delegates where he was a member of the Appropriations Committee and vice chair of the Capital Budget Subcommittee.


Previous Outstanding Service Award Recipients