College Advisory Boards

 

 

Industrial Advisory Board and Early Career Advisory Board

 

Thank you, Industrial Advisory Board and Early Career Advisory Board members! These industry leaders draw on valuable engineering, business and academic experiences in their service to the college. Their insight helps College of Engineering administrators set priorities that advance college excellence in research and education and strengthen connections with alumni and industry.

Ex-officio:
 Ian M. Robertson—Dean, 
College of Engineering 
University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

 

Industrial Advisory Board

 

Richard Antoine—President, 
National Academy of Human Resources

 

Cynthia Bachmann (IAB chair)—Vice President, 
Engineering, Kohler Kitchen & Bath

 

William C. Beckman—CEO, 
X-nth

 

John E. Berndt—President, (retired), 
Sprint International

 

Vincent S. Chan—Director, 
Theory & Computational Science 
Energy Group, General Atomics

 

Kim Christopher—Vice President, 
Vision Strategic Solutions, 
UnitedHealthCare

 

Donna J. Fairbanks—Chief Technology Officer, 
GE Sensing and Inspection Technologies

 

R. Fenton-May—Chairman and CEO, 
CarrierWeb / e*freightrac LLC

 

Thomas F. Gunkel—CEO and President, 
Mortenson Construction

 

Brian Haas—Vice President, GM 
Reticle & Photomask Inspection Division,
 KLA-Tencor Corp.

 

Michael J. Harsch—Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, 
GE Healthcare

 

Ian M. Hau—CEO, Orchestrall Inc.

 

Mark A. Henning—General Manager, 
Dow Microbial Control, 
The Dow Chemical Company

 

Jay V. Ihlenfeld—Senior Vice President (retired), 
Asia Pacific, 3M; 
Director, 
Celanese Corp.

 

Todd Kelsey—Senior Vice President, 
Global Customer Services, Plexus Corp. 



 

Jane Mandula—Co-owner and Vice President (retired), 
Gen/Tran Corp.

 

James R. Meister—Vice President, 
Operations Support, Exelon Nuclear

 

Tom Still—President, 
Wisconsin Technology Council

 

James H. Thompson—Senior Vice President, 
Engineering, Qualcomm Inc.

 

 

Early Career Advisory Board

 

Carolina Castellanos—R&D Group Leader, 
Packaging Division, 
Kraft Foods Corp.

 

Talia Cawrse—Inventory Leader, 
Materials & Demand 
Planning Team, GE Healthcare

 

Tom Gilbert—Product Development Engineer, 
3M

 

Trevor Ghylin—Water and Wastewater Process Engineer, 
CH2M Hill

 

Joshua Hinnendael—Functional Manager, Digital Group, Plexus Corporation

 

Daniel Jonovic—Integration Engineer, Epic Systems

 

Jonathan Koch—Project Development Manager, 
Mortenson Construction

 

Marie Lotto—Senior Global Market Manager
, Advanced Surgical Devices Division
,Smith & Nephew

 

Mark A. Polster—Environmental Engineer, 
Ford Motor Co.

 

Andrew Schaeve—Project Manager, 
American Transmission Co.

 

Christopher J. Thorkelson—Vice President, 
Construction Development, Lloyd Companies

 

Eric N. Van Abel—Reactor Engineer, 
Dominion-Kewaunee, 
Nuclear Power Station

 

Megan L. Voelker—Plastics Process Engineer, 
Placon Corporation