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