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

2026 – 2027

Robert "Bob" C. Frenzel, Jr., IE 1992 (Chair)
Chairman, President, and CEO
Xcel Energy, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Salvatore "Sal" Abbate, IE 1991
CEO
Veritiv Corporation
Atlanta, Georgia

Annie Adams
Chief Human Resources Officer
Norfolk Southern
Atlanta, Georgia

Latanza Adjei, IE 1998
Senior Vice President, Customer Experience and Chief Customer Officer
Georgia Power Company
Atlanta, Georgia

Michael Alesandro, ME 1983
President and CEO
iSoft Solutions LLC
Key Biscayne, Florida

Jason Anavitarte, M.S. PUBP 2004
Majority Leader, Georgia Senate District 31
Dallas, Georgia

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

Chloe Barzey
Senior Managing Director
Accenture
Atlanta, Georgia

Joe Benavides, ECON 1994
CEO and Founder
OceanSound Partners
New York, New York

Tiffany Burns
Senior Partner
McKinsey & Company
Atlanta, Georgia

Jean-Lou Chameau
President Emeritus, Caltech, and Consultant
Atlanta, Georgia

Mary Beth Coke, MGT 2003
Executive Vice President; Commercial Banking District Director Ga/Car
Regions Bank
Atlanta, Georgia

Stacey Dixon, M.S. ME 1995, Ph.D. ME 2000
Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Washington, DC

Carl "Winn" E. Everhart, ME 2001
President and CEO
Tarkett North America
Saint Joseph, Michigan

Lakecia N. Gunter, M.S. EE 1996
Tech Chief Technology Officer and Corporate Board Director
IDEX Coor - Board Director
Hillsboro, Oregon

Sarah Hallac
Consultant
BlackRock
New York, New York

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

Heath Holtz, M.S. OR 1998
Chief Operations, Supply Chain, and Sustainability Officer
Kohler Co.
Kohler, Wisconsin

Charles L. Isbell Jr., ICS 1990
Chancellor
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Madison, Wisconsin

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

Miguel Lacayo, IE 1982
President
Vive La Fete Inc.
Miami, Florida

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

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

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

Scott Marlett, EE 2004
Founder
GoodRx
Santa Monica, California

Michelle D. Mason, CHE 1985
Senior Market Development Leader
ExxonMobil Corporation
Spring, Texas 

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

Jack McCallum, BIOL 1966
CEO
IntegerHealth
Fort Worth, Texas

Roderick McLean, M.S. EE 1993
VP and GM of Air Mobility and Maritime Missions
Lockheed Martin
Arlington, Texas

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

Mark D. Morelli, ME 1987
President and CEO
Vontier
Raleigh, North Carolina

Blake Moret, ME 1985
Chairman and CEO
Rockwell Automation
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Allen Morris, BMGT 1975
Chairman and CEO
The Allen Morris Company
Coral Gables, Florida

Angela G. Nelms, BMED 2007
Director
Biolocity
Atlanta, Georgia

Darlene J. Nicosia, M.S. MGT 1994
CEO
Hearthside Food Solutions
Atlanta, Georgia

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

Joe Owens, ECON 1977
Retired
Brooklyn, New York

Stephen V. Pair, CS 1994
CEO
BitPay, Inc.
Alpharetta, Georgia

Aparna Pappu, M.S. CS 1999
Vice President
YouTube
New York, New York

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

Eric Pickney, ME 1986, MCP 1993
President
The Integral Group Urban Program Management
Atlanta, Georgia

Githesh Ramamurthy, M.S. ICS 1983
Chairman and CEO
CCC Intelligent Solutions
Chicago, Illinois

Kenneth Ramirez, EE 1991
Global Executive Vice President
Hyundai Motor Group
Seoul, South Korea

Alejandro Reynal, ME 1994, M.S. ME 1996
President and CEO
Four Seasons
Miami, Florida

Vicente Reynal, ME 1995
Chair and CEO
Ingersoll Rand
Davidson, North Carolina

Jean Marie M. Richardson, MGT 2002
CEO
iFOLIO
Atlanta, Georgia

Rajiv "Raj" Sardana, ME 1982
CEO
Innova Solutions
Atlanta, Georgia

Nashlie H. Sephus, M.S. ECE 2010, Ph.D. ECE 2014
Principal AI / ML Evangelist for Amazon AI and founder and CEO of The Bean Path
Amazon and The Bean Path
Atlanta, Georgia

Luis Silberwasser, IE 1986
Chairman and CEO - TNT SPORTS
Warner Bros. Discovery
Atlanta, Georgia

Stephanie Smith, IE 1998
Executive Vice President, Human Resources
Home Depot
Atlanta, Georgia

Timothy "Tim" D. Vanderham
Chief Operating Officer
Featurespace
Atlanta, Georgia

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

Randy Walker, EE 1987, M.S. EE 1993
Retired CEO, IBM Asia Pacific; Partner, Motive Partners; and Executive Mentor, ExCo Leadership
Coral Gables, Florida

James "Ben" B. Wauford, ARCH 1979, MARCH 1981
Retired Principal
Cooper Carry, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Kevin M. Widmaier, PUBP 2008
President
Activant Capital
New York, New York