Rhonda Ulmer served in AmeriCorps from 2004-2007 at Volunteer Maryland, where she helped launch the Van Bokkelen Family Network, a program that provides local community resources such as GED, health, and housing education to children’s parents. After her term of service, Ulmer was awarded the 2008 Eli J. Segal AmeriCorps Alums Entrepreneurship Award-AmeriCorps Alums highest honor. With the award, she founded University for Parents(UfP), where she is currently the Founding Director. UfP is a community organization that provides parents with the tools and resources to help their children succeed in school.