Advisory Board

College advisory boards

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—Vice President (retired), 
Engineering, Kohler Kitchen & Bath

Mary Baker—Technical Director, Chair, ATA Engineering Inc.

David Beck-Engel—Vice Chairman, J.H. Findorff & Son Inc.

Douglas Bettinger—Executive VP & CFO, Lam Research Corporation

Thomas J. Boldt—CEO, Boldt Construction

David C. Franchino—President and Principal, 
Delve

Jeff Graves—CEO, 3D Systems

John Gugel—President and CEO (retired), Honeywell UOP

Brian Haas—Vice President, Central Engineering-Global Products Group, KLA-Tencor Corp.

Dawn Harms—Chief Revenue Officer, Momentus

Wendy Harris—General Manager, Product Operations, GE Healthcare

John Holton—Founder/Chairman/President, JWS Foundation Inc.

Kathy Howard—Patent attorney

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

Jeremy Kranz—Senior Vice President and Head, Technology Investment Group, GIC Special Investments

Jun Lee—President (retired), SRI Design Inc.

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

Paul McCann—Vice President, Industrial Project Development, Boldt Company

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

Bill Monfre (vice chair)—President, Quality Insulators Inc./Asbestos Removal Inc.

Lou Morrone—Senior Vice President, Rapid Diagnostics, Abbott

Craig Palmer—Entrepreneur; Board Member, Mobile Angel & Fantracks

John Pfeifer—CEO/President, Oshkosh Corp.

James E. Rekoske—Senior Vice President, RD&E-Industrial Sector, Nalco Water

Michael Running—Vice President, Global Operations, Plexus Engineering Solutions

Christine Schyvinck—President and CEO, Shure Incorporated

Rajan Sheth—CEO and Chairman (retired), Mead & Hunt Inc.

David Smukowski—Private Equity Investor, WARF Trustee

Adam Steltzner—Chief Engineer, NASA

Thomas Still—President, Wisconsin Technology Council

Roy Thiele-Sardiña—Managing Partner and Co-Founder, HighBar Partners

Thomas Werner—CEO (retired), Sunpower

Christopher Wheeler—CEO, Heritage Ventures

Alan Yeung—Director, Foxconn Technology Group-U.S. Strategic Initiatives