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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Allen | '78 B.S. | CEO, ATS Automation |
| Ash Awad | '94 M.S. | Chief Marketing Officer, McKinstry Co., LLC |
| Rebekah Bastian | '02 B.S. | CEO and Founder, Own Trail |
| Jon Battles | Director WW Fulfillment Advance Technology, Amazon | |
| Anders Brown | '92 B.S., '94 M.S. | Managing Director, Tegria Inc. External Advisory Board Chair |
| Justin Brynestad | '03 B.S. | Director of New Shepard Production, Blue Origin |
| Steve Chisholm | '86 B.S. | VP, Structures Senior Chief Engineer, Boeing Commercial Airplanes |
| Tracy Daly | '95 B.S. | Director, Production Engineering, Boeing |
| 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. |
| MJ Harbert | '01 B.S. Biochemistry, '01 B.S. Neurobilogiy, '05 Doctor of Medicine | M.D. Neonatal Neurologist, Director of Neonatal and Perinatal Neurology, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns |
| Allison Headlee | '04 B.S. | Director, Programs-Engineering Services, LMI Aerospace |
| Ben Hempstead | '94 B.S. | Chief of Staff, Electroimpact |
| Brian Horman | '77 B.S. | VP Facilities & Engineering, Just Biotherapeutics |
| Jason Johnson | '98 B.S. | Director of Aftermarket, PACCAR Inc. |
| David Kim | '94 B.S., '96 M.S. |
Sr. Mgr Manufacturing Design, Apple |
| Sun Kim | '84 B.S. | Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Tom Loutzenheiser | '83 B.S. | Executive Vice President of Business Development, PRECO Electronics |
| Colleen McClure | '86 B.S., '05 MBA | Enterprise EHS Engineering Integration Senior Manager, The Boeing Company |
| John Weller | ’90 B.S., ’91 M.S., ’96 PhD | Manager, Information Systems, Janicki Industries, Sedron |
| Gil Wootton | '89 B.S. | Managing Director, Accenture |
| John Yourkoski | '96 B.S. | Managing Director, Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. Financial Services, Investment Office |