LeadershipMcCormick Advisory Council
The McCormick Advisory Council (MAC) plays a critical role in helping to shape McCormick’s strategy.
The MAC provides feedback and counsel to the dean of the McCormick School from both business and academic perspectives to ensure that McCormick continues to excel in all areas of engineering research, education, and practice. MAC members serve for renewable terms.
MAC Mission and Contributions Framework
Current Members
![Photo of Deepak Ahuja](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/ahuja-deepak.jpg)
Deepak Ahuja
MS MSE '87
Chief Business and Financial Officer, Zipline
![Photo of Curt J. Andersson](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/anderson-curt.jpg)
Curt J. Andersson
BSEE '84
Managing Director, Flynn Fisk
![Photo of Peter J. Barris](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/barris-peter.jpg)
Peter J. Barris
BSEE '74
Managing General Partner, New Enterprise Associates
![Photo of Bill Bliss](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/bliss-bill.jpg)
Bill Bliss
BSCS '87
Retired, Microsoft Corporation
![Photo of Dennis H. Chookaszian](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/chookaszian-dennis.jpg)
Dennis H. Chookaszian
BSChE '65
Director and Chairman of Audit Committee, Pillarstone Capital, Inc.
![Photo of Wilbur H. Gantz](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/gantz-wilbur.jpg)
Wilbur H. Gantz
President and CEO, PathoCapital, LLC
![Photo of Rahul Goyal](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/rahul-goyal.jpg)
Rahul Goyal
BSChE '99
Partner, AEA Investors LP
![Photo of Paul R. Gudonis](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/gudonis-paul.jpg)
Paul R. Gudonis
BSEE '76
Chairman and CEO, Myomo, Inc.
![Photo of Yie-Hsin Hung](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/hung-yie-hsin.jpg)
Yie-Hsin Hung
BSME '84
President and CEO, State Street Global Advisors
![Photo of Theodore Karwoski](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/karowski-theodore.jpg)
Theodore Karwoski
MS BME ’81
Founder and Principal, Bearpac Medical
![Photo of Christina Kosmowski](../../images/about/leadership/kosmowski-christina-t.jpg)
Christina Kosmowski
BSIE ‘98
CEO, LogicMonitor
![Photo of Noel Kullavanijaya](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/kullavanijaya-noel.jpg)
Noel Kullavanijaya
BSME ’82, MS ME ’85, KSM ’86
Principal, Equilibrium Capital Group
![Photo of Matthew Levatich](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/levatich-matt.jpg)
Matthew Levatich
MMM ’94
Retired CEO, Harley-Davidson, Inc.; Member, Board of Directors, Emerson and AriensCo.; Adjunct Professor, Kellogg
![Photo of Priscilla Lu](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/lu-priscilla.jpg)
Priscilla Lu
PhD CSCI ’80
Managing Director/Asia Head, Sustainable Investment Group, Deutsche Bank DWS
![Photo of Patrick R. McCarter](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/mccarter-patrick.jpg)
Patrick R. McCarter
BSIE '98
Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
![Photo of Gregory J. Merchant](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/merchant-gregory.jpg)
Gregory J. Merchant
PhD AM ’90
Financial Engineer
![Photo of Milton M. Morris](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/morris-milton.jpg)
Milton M. Morris
BSEE ’92, KSM ’04
President and CEO, Neuspera Medical Inc.
![Photo of Tania Neild](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/neild-tania.jpg)
Tania Neild
PhD ECE ’99
CTO and Owner, Infograte, Inc.
![Photo of David L. Nichols](../../images/about/leadership/nichols-david.jpg)
David L. Nichols
BSCS ’91, KSM ’00
Senior Principal, Ernst & Young LLC
![Photo of Richard Padula](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/padula-richard.jpg)
Richard Padula
BSIE '84
Founder, Mirata Software
Partner, R7 Partners
![Photo of Robert L. Peskin](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/peskin-robert.jpg)
Robert L. Peskin
MS CEE ’75, PhD ’77
Senior Consulting Manager, AECOM
![Photo of David L. Porges](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/porges-david.jpg)
David L. Porges
BSIE '79
Member, Board of Directors, NextEra Energy
![Photo of Kenneth J. Porrello](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/porrello-kenneth.jpg)
Kenneth J. Porrello
BSIE '78, KSM '82
Operating Partner, Kinzie Capital Partners, LLC
![Photo of Stephen R. Pratt](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/pratt-stephen.jpg)
Stephen R. Pratt
BSEE '84
Founder and CEO, Noodle.Ai
![Photo of Vivek Ragavan](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/ragavan-vivek.jpg)
Vivek Ragavan
BSEE '74
President and CEO, Airvine
![Photo of Annette Peterson Rippert](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/rippert-annette.jpg)
Annette Peterson Rippert
BSCS '86, KSM ’94
Group Chief Executive, Strategy and Consulting, Accenture, LLP
![Photo of David A. Sachs](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/sachs-david.jpg)
David A. Sachs
BSIE '81
Cofounder and Senior Partner, Ares Management, LLC
![Photo of Robert E. Shaw](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/shaw-robert.jpg)
Robert E. Shaw
BSME '70, KSM '81
Adjunct Lecturer, Northwestern University
![Photo of Michael J. Stark](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/stark-michael.jpg)
Michael J. Stark
BSCEE ’78
Founder and General Partner, Crosslink Capital
![Photo of Tim Stojka](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/stojka-tim.jpg)
Tim Stojka
BSIE '89
Cofounder and CEO, Agentis Energy
![Photo of Chelsea R. Stoner](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/stoner-chelsea.jpg)
Chelsea R. Stoner
BSChE ’96
General Partner, Battery Ventures
![Photo of Michael Walsh](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/walsh-michael.jpg)
Michael Walsh
MS IEMS ’83
Cofounder, Senior Advisor, Quotient Technology, Inc.
![Photo of Todd Warren](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/warren-todd.jpg)
Todd Warren
BA '87
Executive Director of Software Development, Ford Motor Company
![Photo of William J. White](../../images/about/mccormick-advisory-council/white-william.jpg)
William J. White
BSIE '61
Professor, Northwestern University; Retired CEO and Chairman of the Board, Bell & Howell Company
Past Members
Anthony L. Abbattista (BSCS '85)
Albert M. Anderson, Jr. (BSIE '57, MMGT '65 Kellogg)
Teruaki Aoki (PHD '70)
Viresh Bhatia (BSCS '88)
George H. Bodeen (BSCI '49, MS '70)
Alicia S. Boler Davis (BSChE '91)
James C. Brailean (PHD '93)
Edward J. Campbell (BSIE '52, MBA '59)
David L. Carney (MS '68, PHD '72)
Christopher Clower (BSE '88)
Stanton R. Cook (BSME '49, H '85)
James Ellis Crenshaw (PHD '98)
Lester Crown (BSCH '46)
Lee A. Dayton, SR., MAC chairperson emeritus (BSIE '65)
John A. Dever (BSEE '51)
Rhonda L. Dibachi (BSE '83)
Alfred C. Eckert, III (BSMT '71)
David Alan Eckert (BSME '77)
James Farley (BSEE '50)
Bob Feldmann (BSEE '76)
Kathleen R. Flaherty, MAC chairperson emeritus (WCAS '73, MS/IEMS '75, PhD '79)
William D. Ford, Ph.D. (MS '68, PHD '71)
Gregory A. Fraser, Ph.D. (BSME '77, MS '78)
Gary L. Frederick (BSE '68)
Donald N. Frey
James F. Gibbons (BSEE '53)
Richard A. Giesen (BBA '51)
Alvin L. Gorman
Ronald H. Haas (BSE '61, MS '62)
Richard C. Halpern
Ruth Mullen Harenchar, MAC chairperson emerita (MPH '76 Feinberg)
Warren R. Haug (MS ChE '63, PhD ChE '65)
Ralph D. Hartung (BSCH '66 MS '68)
Richard D. Harza (BSME '44, MS '47)
Henry G. Herzing (BSEE '59)
Ann Kahlow Hobbs (MS AM '86, PhD AM '89)
James W. Hook (BSME '60)
Kristina M. Johnson
Kenneth C. Kirsch (WCAS ’75, MS IEMS ’78, PhD IEMS ’80)
William J. Kroll, Jr. MAC chairperson emeritus (BSE '67, MS/MSE '71)
John C. Lieske, MD (BSBM '82)
Frank W. Luerssen
James F. McDonald
Michael K. McEvoy
Mark W. McGlothlin (BSCH '77, MEM '81)
Daniel D. Mickelson (BSCH '63)
Mark Mills
Thomas G. Moore (BSEE '86, MS '87)
D. Eugene Nugent (BSE '51)
Dorothy Oremus
Walter L. Orlandini (BSE '64)
Richard S. Pepper (BSCI '53)
Robert L. Puette, MAC chairperson emeritus (BSIE '64)
Elliott M. Philofsky (MS '66, PHD '68)
Warren W. Rasmussen (BSIE '53)
Erick A. Reickert (BSEE '58)
Norbert Riedel
Thomas John Ross
Janet C. Rutledge, Ph.D.
Smita N. Shah (BSCI '94)
Harold B. Smith (MBA '57, Trustee)
Frank G. Splitt, Ph.D. (MS '57, PHD '63)
Dean P. Stanley
William F. Stasior (BSEE '63, MS '66)
Shih-Wei Sun, Vice Chairman, United Microelectronics Corporation, (PhD/MSE '86)
Michael Sutton (BSCI '75)
Robert B. Taggart (BSME ’67, MS ME ’68)
Alan Taub
Richard T. Taylor (BSIE '74, MMGT '76 Kellogg)
John J. Tracy
Edward F. Voboril (BSIE '65)
Robert H. Wellington (BSME '44)
Patrick E. White, Ph.D. (MS '75, PHD '80)
Stephen R. Wilson (WCAS ’70, KSM ’74)
Howard B. Witt (BSME '63)
William Woodburn (MS CEE ’75)
Alan Wolfson (BSIE '80)
Charles Wu
Ava Harth Youngblood (BSCH '79)