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Advisory Council Members

Lance Collins
Executive Director and Vice President
Virginia Tech Innovation Campus
Reginald DesRoches
President
Rice University
Stephen DeWeerth
Dean, P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science
Lehigh University
Karen Fletcher
Vice President of Investor Relations
ITW
Francis “Skip” Gardiner
President
Gardiner Realty & Development Co.
David R. Helwig
President
Helwig Consulting Services, LLC
Cedrick Johnson
President
Airport Design Consultants
Terri L. Kelly
President and CEO (Retired)
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Vance V. Kershner
Advisory Council Chair
President and CEO
LabWare, Inc.
Vijay Kumar
Nemirovsky Family Dean
Penn Engineering
Don R. Linsenmann
Founder and CEO
Executive Transformation Mentoring
Guy F. Marcozzi
President
Duffield Associates, Inc.
Jayathi Murthy
President
Oregon State University
Harriet Nembhard
Dean
University of Iowa, College of Engineering
T. E. Schlesinger
Benjamin T. Rome Dean, Whiting School of Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Bryan Shinn
President & CEO
U.S. Silica Holdings
Karl Steiner
Vice President for Research
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Helen Stimson
Chief Operating Officer
Adesis, Inc.
Sean Xiaolu Wang
Founder, Managing Director and CEO
B&W Tek, Inc.
Bob Whetzel
Director & Chair of Litigation Department
Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.

Advisory Council Committees

  • Strategy and Planning Committee: Don Linsenmann, Guy Marcozzi, Jayathi Murthy, Helen Stimson
  • Career Development Committee: Mark Bendett, Skip Gardiner, Karl Steiner, Sean Wang
  • Development Committee: Lance Collins, Reginald DesRoches, Dave Helwig, Vance Kershner, Linda Myrick
  • Nominating/Membership Committee: Steve DeWeerth, Terri Kelly, Vijay Kumar, Ed Schlesinger

Bold indicates committee chair.

Advisory Council – Emeritus Members

Richard E. Emmert
Retired - Executive Director
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Robert W. Gore
Retired - President and CEO
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Advisory Council – Past Members

Mark P. Bendett
Business Development, Applied Science Programs
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Barry Bentley
Executive Vice President and Director
Bentley Systems
Keith A. Bentley
Chief Technology Officer and Director
Bentley Systems
Craig F. Binetti
Retired - President
DuPont Applied BioSciences
Guy Chiarello
President
First Data Corporation
J. Rodman Steele, Jr.
Attorney/Partner
Duane Morris LLP
Vincent P. Manno
Provost and Dean of Faculty, Professor of Engineering
F.W. Olin College of Engineering
William G. Mavity
CEO and President
Cerephex Corporation
Michael R. McMullen
President and CEO
Agilent Technologies
Linda Myrick
General Manager
Arkema, Inc.
Kathleen Stebe
Deputy Dean for Research
University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering & Applied Science
Levi T. Thompson
Dean
University of Delaware, College of Engineering
David F. Welch
Co-Founder, President and Director
Infinera Corporation
Robert M. Zanzalari
CERDEC Deputy Director
U.S. Army RDECOM

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