External Advisory Board
Composed of distinguished alumni and friends of the Department, the Mechanical Engineering External Advisory Board provides counsel to faculty, mentoring to students, volunteer leadership in experiential-learning programs, advocacy for the Department and vital connections to industry.
External Advisory Board members are appointed to a term of up to 3 years by the ME Department Chair. Upon completion of the term, a member may be reappointed at the discretion of the ME department Chair.
Current board members
| Name | Grad. Year | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Ash Awad | ’94 M.S.M.E. | Chief Marketing Officer, McKinstry Co., LLC |
| David Barr | Director - Boeing Programs, Hexcel | |
| Rebekah Bastian | '02 B.S. | VP of Community and Culture, Zillow Group |
| Jon Battles | Director WW Fulfillment Advance Technology, Amazon | |
| Anders Brown | '92 B.S., '94 M.S. | President, Valence Group Inc. External Advisory Board Chair |
| Justin Brynestad | '03 B.S. | Director of New Shepard Production, Blue Origin |
| Steve Chisholm | '86 B.S. | Director of Structures Engineering, The Boeing Company |
| Bijan Dorri | '82 Ph.D. | Advisor, Medical Technologies, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology, and Research) |
| Dan Ervin | '80 B.S. | Executive VP, Varius Inc. |
| Carl Hergart | Director, Advanced Technology, PACCAR Technical Center | |
| Brian Horman | '77 B.S. | VP Facilities & Engineering, Just Biotherapeutics |
| Peter W. Janicki | '89 M.S. | President and CEO, Janicki Industries, Inc. |
| Sun Kim | '84 B.S. | Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Michael C. Kintner-Meyer | '94 Ph.D. | Energy-Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| Paul Leonard | Product Design Innovator, Leonard Consulting, LLC | |
| Tom Loutzenheiser | '83 B.S. | Executive Vice President of Business Development, PRECO Electronics |
| Jill McCallum | President, Pacific Rim Aerospace Corporation | |
| Colleen McClure | '86 B.S., '05 MBA | Enterprise EHS Engineering Integration Senior Manager, The Boeing Company |
| Ron Prosser | '70 B.S. | CEO, The Prosser Group |
| Michael K. Sekins | '81 Ph.D. | Consultant, Medical Device Development |
| Fred Silverstein | '72 M.D. | Clinical Professor, UW Medicine, Gastroenterology, General Partner, Frazier & Co. (retired) |
| John T. Slattery | Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Education, UW School of Medicine | |
| Gil Wootton | '89 B.S. | Managing Director, Accenture |
| John Yourkoski | '96 B.S.M.E. | Managing Director, Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. Financial Services, Investment Office |
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