The College of Engineering External Advisory Board provides “external” advice to the dean regarding priorities and directions for engineering education and research. Board members are from the private sector and academia, and include both alumni and other individuals who are interested in the success of Georgia Tech.

Advisory Board Resources

Board members can access resources from the Advisory Board Resources page, which contains meeting resources.

Please note that invite-only access must be granted before you can access Advisory Board resources.

Advisory Board Resources Portal

Advisory Board Members

Board members are from the private sector and academia, and include both alumni and other individuals who are interested in the success of Georgia Tech and the College of Engineering. Bi-annually, the College convenes the advisory board (EAB) to provide “external” advice to the College of Engineering regarding priorities and directions for engineering education and research.

Latanza Adjei
Vice President, Corporate Services - Georgia Power
Jennifer Bailey
Process Engineer (Retired) - American Enka
Clinton Beeland
President & CEO - CJB Industries, Inc.
Jose M. Bern
Executive Vice President - Empresas Bern
Keefe E. Bohannan
Customer Success District Manager – Keysight EEs of EDA - Keysight Technologies
Sheereen J. Brown
Senior Associate - KPMG
James Carlos
Vice President, Risk Management - Republic National Distributing Company
Steve Chaddick
Mentor Capitalist - Ridgewood Advisors, LLC
Keith Chambless
President, - GeoFields, Inc.
Ann Croom
CEO & Board Chair - InSource Solutions
Andre D. Dickens
Councilmember Post 3 at-Large - City of Atlanta
Alan L. Dorris
Retired Founder - Dorris and Associates Intl LLC
Ken R. Entrekin
CEO - Advantage Industrial Automation
Alec Gallimore
Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering - University of Michigan
David Garrison
SVP – Delta Connection and CEO – Endeavor Air - Delta Air Lines, Inc.
John A. Godbold
President - CarboEvolution, LLC
Murray K. Griffin P.E.
Director - Atlantic Coast Consulting, Inc.
Keith Hearon
Founding CEO - Poly 6
R. Scott Herren
Executive VP & CFO - Cisco Systems, Inc.
William Higginbotham (Bill)
President /CEO - ET Environmental Corporation
Elaine Johns
President and Chief Executive Officer - EnerVision, Inc.
Deborah Kilpatrick (Deb)
Chief Executive Officer - Evidation Health
Andrea L. Laliberte
Edenfield Executive in Residence - H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
John Laughter
Senior Vice President & Chief of Operations; Corporate Safety, Security and Compliance, Flight Operations and Technical Operations - Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Bin Lu
Senior Vice President, Data Center Systems LOB, Secure Power Division | Energy Management Business - Schneider Electric
Wonya Lucas
President and Chief Executive Officer - Crown Media Family Networks
Theresa A. Maldonado
Vice President, Research & Innovation - University of California System
Angela Gill Nelms
Chief Operating Officer (Retired) - Florence Healthcare
Keith C. Ogboenyiya
Senior Vice President of Marketing - Texas Instruments, Inc.
Thomas W. Prete
Vice President of Engineering - Pratt & Whitney
Cathleen Quigley
President and Chief Consultant - Swiftwater Consulting
Yancy W. Riddle
CEO & Founder - Javelin10X
Ronda Sides
Mentor/Consultant/Co-Founder - Extreme Logic, Inc.
Stacie Sire
Director of Structures - Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Jocelyn Stargel
Managing Partner - Stargel Consulting
Michael Sutcliff (Mike)
Group Chief Executive Officer (Retired) - Accenture Digital
James Thomson (Jim)
Director - Sumitomo Corporation of America Perennial Power Holdings
Maurice A. Trebuchon (Moe)
Executive in Residence - H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Sophia Velastegui
Chief Technology Officer, Artificial Intelligence, Dynamics 365 - Microsoft
Emilio Venegas
President - Venegas Construction Corporation
Manuel Walters
Manager, Global Contracts & Projects Procurement - Phillips 66
Dennis K. Williams
Retired Chairman - IDEX Corporation