The Georgia Tech Advisory Board (GTAB) is composed of some sixty regional, national, and international members with diverse leadership roles in business, government, and academia.

Members are elected for a three-year term, and a limited number may be invited to serve a second consecutive term.

GTAB meets twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring.

Georgia Tech Advisory Board Member List

2024 – 2025

Salvatore "Sal" Abbate, IE 1991
Chief Executive Officer
Veritiv Corporation
Atlanta, Georgia

Salil "Sal" Arora, CMPE 2003 & M.S. ECE 2004
Senior Partner
McKinsey & Company
Atlanta, Georgia

Chloe Barzey
Senior Managing Director
Accenture
Atlanta, Georgia

Roger E. Blythe, Jr., MSCI 1978
Retired Chief Accounting Officer
Chick-fil-A
Atlanta, Georgia

Alexia B. Borden, IE 2001
Executive Vice President
Brasfield & Gorrie
Birmingham, Alabama

Linda A. Cash, IE 1984
Retired Vice President, Global Quality and New Model Programs
Ford Motor Company
Atlanta, Georgia

Stanley “Stan” L. H. Chia, IE 2005
Chief Executive Officer
Vivid Seats
Chicago, Illinois

Anne Chow (Vice Chair)
Former Chief Executive Officer, AT&T Business
Board Director: FranklinCovey, 3M, CSX
Dallas, Texas

Stanley "Stan" W. Connally Jr., ME 1993
Executive Vice President, Operations & President & Chief Executive Officer, Southern Company Services
Southern Company
Birmingham, Alabama

Tye G. Darland
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Georgia-Pacific, LLC
Atlanta, Georgia

Carl "Winn" E. Everhart, ME 2001
President & Chief Executive Officer
Tarkett North America
Saint Joseph, Michigan

Robert "Bob" C. Frenzel, Jr.
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Xcel Energy, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Anthony “Tony” G. Frese, AE 1983 & M.S. AE 1989
Vice President, Business Development
Lockheed Martin
Marietta, Georgia

Maxine Y. Graham, EE 1991
Chief IP Counsel
American Express Company
New York, New York

Lakecia N. Gunter, M.S. EE 1996
Chief Technology Officer, Global Partner Solutions
Microsoft
Hillsboro, Oregon

Richard "Scott" Herren, IE 1984 (Chair)
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia

Charles L. Isbell, Jr., ICS 1990
Provost
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

Manuel F. Jimenez, ICS 1981
President
La Nacion, S.A.
San Jose, Costa Rica

Jack G. Jones, Jr., IM 1967
Counsel
Mineola Farm II, LLC
Lexington, Kentucky

Alan Kirshenbaum
Chief Financial Officer
Blue Owl Capital Inc.
Short Hills, New Jersey

John E. Laughter, AE 1993
Executive Vice President & Chief of Operations
Delta Air Lines
Atlanta, Georgia

Mojgan M. Lefebvre, ICS 1990
Executive Vice President & Chief Technology & Operations Officer
The Travelers Insurance Group Inc.
Boston, Massachusetts  

Sandra "Sandy" H. Magnus, Ph.D. CERE 1996
Principal
AstroPlanetview, LLC
Reston, Virginia 

Michelle D. Mason, CHE 1985
Senior Marketing Manager
ExxonMobil Corporation
Spring, Texas 

Gary S. May, EE 1985
Chancellor
University of California, Davis
Davis, California

Roberto Mercade, IE 1990
President, The McDonald's Division
Coca-Cola
Atlanta, Georgia

Valerie C. Montgomery Rice, M.D., CHEM 1983
President & Dean
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Mark D. Morelli, ME 1987
President & Chief Executive Officer 
Vontier
Raleigh, North Carolina

Angela G. Nelms, BMED 2007
Chief Operations Officer
Aetos Imaging
Atlanta, Georgia

Darlene J. Nicosia, M.S. MGT 1994
Chief Executive Officer
Hearthside Food Solutions
Atlanta, Georgia

Diana C. Orrego-Moore, M.S. IE 2001 & MBA 2009
Vice President, Supply Chain Optimization & Emerging Technology
Cencora
Goshen, Connecticut 

Stephen V. Pair, CS 1994
Chief Executive Officer
BitPay, Inc.
Alpharetta, Georgia

Sue E. Payne, PHYS 1975
Retired
ExxonMobil
Houston, Texas

Blake V. Peck, M.S. CE 1978
Founder
McDonough Bolyard Peck, Inc.
Greensboro, Georgia

José Domingo Perez, CE 1971
President
Caribe Tecno, Inc.
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Matthew R. Price, IMGT 1978
President
PeopleFirst Staffing
Sarasota, Florida

Luis F. Restrepo, IMGT 1979
President
Crystal SAS
Medellín, Colombia

Alejandro Reynal, ME 1994 & M.S. ME 1996
President & Chief Executive Officer
Four Seasons
Miami, Florida

Vicente Reynal, ME 1995
Chairman, President, & Chief Executive Officer
Ingersoll Rand
Davidson, North Carolina

Jean Marie M. Richardson, MGT 2002
President & Chief Executive Officer
iFOLIO
Atlanta, Georgia

Norberto Sanchez
Chief Executive Officer
Norsan Group
Duluth, Georgia

Rajiv "Raj" Sardana, ME 1982
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Innova Solutions
Atlanta, Georgia

James "Jim" H. Scholefield, MGT 1988
Chief Information & Digital Officer
Merck & Company, Inc. 
Kenilworth, New York

Nashlie H. Sephus, M.S. ECE 2010, Ph.D. ECE 2014
Tech Evangelist
Amazon Web Services
Atlanta, Georgia

Teresa H. Shea, EE 1981
President
Oplnet LLC
Arlington, Virginia

Kamau “Kofi” K. Smith, IE 1999 & MBA 2009
Chief Executive Officer
Keystone Management, LLC
Atlanta, Georgia

Timothy "Tim" D. Vanderham
Independent Consultant
Vanderham Consulting LLC
Atlanta, Georgia

Sophia M. Velastegui, ME 1998
Former General Manager of AI Products & Chief AI Technology Officer
Microsoft
Boston, Massachusetts

Anne M. Walker, IE 2002
Vice President of Merchandise Operations
Walmart Stores Inc.
Bentonville, Arkansas

James "Ben" B. Wauford
Retired Principal
Cooper Carry, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Roxanne D. Westendorf
Board of Directors
Brewers Association
Cincinnati, Ohio

Kevin M. Widmaier
Partner, Head of Portfolio Management, Portfolio & Wealth Advisory
BBR Partners
New York, New York