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, 
Engineering, Kohler Kitchen & Bath

Douglas Bettinger—Executive VP & CFO, Lam Research Corporation

Thomas J. Boldt—CEO, Boldt Construction

David C. Franchino—President and Principal, 
Design Concepts

Jeff Graves—President and CEO, MTS Systems

Brian Haas—Vice President, Global Customer Operations, KLA-Tencor Corp.

Wendy Harris—General Manager, Education and IT Services, GE Healthcare

Michael J. Harsh—Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (retired), GE Healthcare

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

Kathy Howard—Consultant

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

Arthur Janes—CEO, PDS Tech Inc.

Leon Janssen—President/Owner, Meadow Brook Farm Publishing; retired, GE Medical Systems

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

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

Jane Mandula (vice-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—President, Quality Insulators Inc./Asbestos Removal Inc.

Craig Palmer

Todd Pulvino (chair)—Principal and Co-Founder, CNH Partners

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

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

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

David Smukowski—President, SIMCO Holdings Inc.

Thomas Still—President, Wisconsin Technology Council

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

James H. Thompson—Executive Vice President of Engineering, Qualcomm Inc.

Christopher Wheeler—CEO, Heritage Ventures

Indra Widjaja—Vice President, PT. Sinar Angkasa Rungkut, Chiyoda Group

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