Our industry advisory boards are distinguished panels of industry and business leaders, alumni and friends. Their purpose is to help shape the direction of the college and fulfill its vision by:
- Providing expertise, perspective and strategic counsel to the dean
- Being a strong and enthusiastic advocate, supporter and champion for the college
- Helping the college enhance its national prestige and strengthen industry, government and local community ties and relations
- Being engaged and providing assistance in fundraising activities and goals
Board Members
Steve Altemus
Co-Founder, President and CEO
Intuitive Machines, LLC
Justin Annibali
CEO and Co-Founder
Global Space Exchange Inc.
Laura Campbell
Vice President, Technology Transition
Rolls-Royce North America
John-Paul Clarke
Professor Ernest Cockrell, Jr. Memorial Chair in Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Kaare Erickson
Senior VP of Strategic Campaigns
Rolls-Royce North America
Maryam Ghyabi-White
CEO and President
Ghyabi Consulting & Management
Tyler Grinnell
Vice President of Product Delivery and Operations
Aetherflux
Fred Y. Hadaegh
Research Professor in Aerospace
Caltech/California Institute of Technology
Ralph Jagielka
Structural Design Manager
Gulfstream Aerospace
Joseph Landon
Co-Founder and President
Rendezvous Robotics
David N. Loffing
VP and Chief Engineer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes
The Boeing Company
Marianne Meloro
Engineering Director, Vehicle Structures
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems
John Meyers
Executive Director
Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division
William (Bill) Moore
President
UPS Airlines
Geoff Murray
Retired Partner
Oliver Wyman
Gus Ordonez
Founder and Director; Business Management & Legal Aspects of Aeronautics
Icarus Consulting; American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronauts
Donald (Don) Pointer
Sr. Director, Marketing and Communications
Dassault Falcon Jet Corp.
Robyn Ringuette
President
AstroForge
Shahryar Shaghaghi
Founder and Managing Partner
Cytech Partners, LLC
Nicole Stott
Artist and Retired Astronaut
Space for Art Foundation Inc.
Albert L. Winn
Retired VP, Apache Program
The Boeing Company
Rany Azzi
Aviation Safety
FAA
Michael Bedard
Lead Launch Engineer, Dragon Propulsion
Space-X
Mark D. Byers
BCA - Product Development, Advanced Concepts Aerodynamics and Propulsion
The Boeing Company
Nathan Crane
Senior Conceptual Design Engineer
Lockheed Martin
Christopher Corns
Director of Recovery and Refurbishment Operations
Blue Origin
Luis DaSilva
Project Engineer
Gulfstream Aerospace
Matt Dima
Edwards AFB
Erez Eller
Lockheed Martin
Scott Gillette
Manufacturing Technology Manager
Northrop Grumman
Eric Heinzer
Lead Engineer, Product Development
Piper
Christopher Hemerly
Fan and Compressor Aerodynamic Specialist
Rolls-Royce
Kurt Lawson
Eastern Region Airworthiness Manager Northrop Grumman
Kevin Leong
Lead Engineer - Ignition Exciters
Unison
Kathleen Loftin
NASA
Justin Lord
RTX
Gustavo Peres
Chief Engineer
Embraer
Trevor Perrott
CEO
Censys Technologies
Bradley D. Bauknecht, P.E.
VP Construction Management
Newkirk Engineering Inc.
Thomas (Tommy) Booth, Jr., P.E.
Senior Aviation Project Manager
Michael Baker International
Dan D'Antonio
Vice President
D Squared Infrastructure Inc.
Maryam Ghyabi-White
CEO and President
Ghyabi Consulting & Management, LLC
Haluk "Luke" Kilic, P.E.
Senior Project Manager and Professional Engineer
Zev Cohen and Associates Inc.
Laura A. Lewis, P.E.
Senior Structural Engineer
Gresham Smith
William (Wilbur) J. Mathurin, P.E.
Vice President
Southeast Airport Team Lead Hoyle, Tanner & Associates Inc.
Tonya S. Mellen, PE
Transportation Manager
KPM Franklin
Timothy W. Neubert, MBA, A.A.E.
President
Neubert Aero Corp.
Santanu Roy, PTP
Vice President, Global Director
Transport Planning Business Class HDR
Thomas Bachman
Founder and CEO
I.T.L. Systems
Albert Canabal
Director of Design Engineering
Qorvo Inc.
Ian K. Das
ERAM Applications Software Engineering Manager
Leidos Transportation & Financial Solutions
Matthew del Buono
Senior Software Engineering Manager
Microsoft Corporation
Jasmine Greenway
Senior Cloud Advocate
Microsoft Corporation
Carl Herberger
Chief Operating Officer
Kivu Consulting
Partrick Layton
Senior Manager for Design and Production Engineering
The Boeing Company
Cliff McHughes
Senior Staff Software Systems Architect
Northrop Grumman
Sarah Printy
Systems Engineering Manager
Lockheed Martin
Salamah Salamah
Associate VP of Research for Computing and AI
University of Texas at El Paso
Brett Schmuki
Senior Software Manager, Skunk Works
Lockheed Martin
Cyro Stone
Senior Director, Global Design and Engineering
Celestica
Diarmuid Strasser
Principal Customer Support Manager
Rockwell Collins
Wesley Tanis
Research Engineering
Lockheed Martin
Vincent Bell
Northrop Grumman
Jeremy Brown
Interactive Engineering
Luis DaSilva
Gulfstream Aerospace
Steve Driscol
Legacy Brazing
Kevin Erhart
DotDecimal
Ximena Evans
General Motors Company
Brian Harries
Rivian
Ryle Maxon
Blue Origin
Tom Mills
CMA Technologies
Anthony Nunez
CardioVox Inc.
Enrique Portillo
SpaceX
Christian Saffon
Aircraft-Digital
Riaz Zaidi (Chair)
Cirrus Aircraft
Ibrahim Zeini
AdventHealth
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