Executive Board
President
Carrie Akins
Calvert County Public Schools
Carrie Akins is the Director of Career & Technical Education for Calvert County (MD) Public Schools and the Principal at the Calvert Career & Technology Academy located in Prince Frederick, Maryland. Mrs. Akins began her career in education in 2002 teaching English in Manassas Park Virginia. She then had the privilege to be part of opening North Point High School for Science, Technology, and Industry in Waldorf, Charles County, Maryland, a comprehensive CTE high school. It was at North Point that she was introduced to and became passionate about CTE, especially through her work with SkillsUSA, where she advised and coached two national gold medalist teams for QuizBowl and several state medalists in Prepared Speech and Extemporaneous Speaking competitions. Mrs. Akins later served as the Principal at Milton Somers Middle School and then as a Supervisor for CTE with Charles County Public Schools before taking her current position with Calvert County Public Schools in 2019.
Mrs. Akins holds a Bachelor's of Science in English Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a Master's Degree in School Administration & Leadership from The George Washington University. She resides in Prince Frederick with her husband and two children.
President-Elect
Robin Werner
Talbot County Public Schools
Robin Werner is the Director of Teaching and Learning for Talbot County Public Schools. Mrs. Werner earned a Bachelor of Arts in Education and Bachelor of Science in Biology from West Virginia Wesleyan College, a Master of Education with a Focus in Differentiated Instruction from LaSalle University and School Administration Certification from Salisbury University. She began her career with TCPS at St. Michaels Middle High School in 2008, where she taught Science and Career and Technical Education Courses before becoming Assistant Principal of Easton High School in 2018. She was also the TCPS Teacher of the Year in 2013. Prior to becoming the Director of Teaching and Learning 2021, Mrs. Werner has served as Curriculum Supervisor for Career and Technical Education as well as the Coordinator of Instructional Technology, Student Teaching, and The TCPS Grow Your Own Program. Mrs. Werner is also on the Maryland’s Blueprint Accountability and Implementation Board’s Advisory Committee for Pillar 3. She resides in Bozman with her husband and two children.
Past President
Robert Limpert
Maryland Career and Technical Administrators (MCTA)
Executive Director
Sharon R. Kramer
MCTA
Sharon Kramer is coordinator of career and technical (CTE) education for Howard County Public Schools (HCPSS) in Maryland. As an educator, Sharon has taught high school biology, chemistry, computer science, environmental science, scientific research and supervised business programs, computer science programs, engineering programs and technology education programs for HCPSS. After earning her BS in biology with minors in chemistry and math from Purdue University and MS in biology education from Purdue University and MS in computer science from The Johns Hopkins University, Sharon worked as a software engineer. She then went on to complete course work towards a doctorate at Notre Dame of Maryland University. Included in her leadership in education, Sharon has served as President of Maryland Business Education Association (MBEA), President of Technology and Engineering Educators Association of Maryland (TEEAM), President of Maryland Career and Technical Administrators (MCTA), and Operating Manager for the Howard County Administrators Association (HCAA).
