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
Deepak Ahuja
MS MSE '87
Chief Business and Financial Officer, Zipline
Curt J. Andersson
BSEE '84
President, North America, GWT
Anthony C. Asher
MMGT '93, MS IEMS '94
Managing Director, OMX Ventures
Peter J. Barris
BSEE '74
Chairman Emeritus, New Enterprise Associates
Bill Bliss
BSCS '87
Retired, Microsoft Corporation
Dennis H. Chookaszian
BSChE '65
Director and Chairman of Audit Committee, Pillarstone Capital, Inc.
Wilbur H. Gantz
President and CEO, PathoCapital, LLC
Rahul Goyal
BSChE '99
Head of Strategic Relations and Partner, AEA Investors LP
Paul R. Gudonis
BSEE '76
CEO, Myomo, Inc.
David C. Hinton
BSCH ‘95
Equity Analyst, Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc.
Yie-Hsin Hung
BSME '84
President and CEO, State Street Global Advisors
Theodore Karwoski
MS BME ’81
Founder and Principal, Bearpac Medical
Catherine M. Klapperich
BSMT '94
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
Christina Kosmowski
BSIE ‘98
CEO, LogicMonitor
Charlie J. Kuehmann
PHD MSE '94
VP, Materials Engineering, Space X and Tesla, Inc.
Noel Kullavanijaya
BSME ’82, MS ME ’85, KSM ’86
Board Director and Vice Chairman, KGI (Thailand) Public Company Limited
Matthew Levatich
MMM ’94
Retired CEO, Harley-Davidson, Inc.; Member, Board of Directors, Emerson and AriensCo.; Adjunct Professor, Kellogg
Priscilla Lu
PhD CSCI ’80
Vice Chair of Renewable Infrastructure and Clean Private Equity, Schroders Capital Infrastructure Asia
Patrick R. McCarter
BSIE '98
Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
Milton M. Morris
BSEE ’92, KSM ’04
Founder and Principal, MEHL BioMedical, LLC
Rajiv Nagesetty
BSBM '93
Vascular Surgeon, Bass Medical Group
Tania Neild
PhD ECE ’99
Founder and CTO, Infograte, Inc.
David L. Nichols
BSCS ’91, KSM ’00
Senior Principal, Ernst & Young LLC
Richard Padula
BSIE '84
Founder, Mirata Software
Partner, R7 Partners
Robert L. Peskin
MS CEE ’75, PhD ’77
Senior Consulting Manager, AECOM
David L. Porges
BSIE '79
Member, Board of Directors, NextEra Energy
Kenneth J. Porrello
BSIE '78, KSM '82
Operating Partner, Kinzie Capital Partners, LLC
Stephen R. Pratt
BSEE '84
Founder, Noodle.Ai
Vivek Ragavan
BSEE '74
Board Member, Airvine
Annette Peterson Rippert
BSCS '86, KSM ’94
Group Chief Executive, Strategy and Consulting, Accenture, LLP
David A. Sachs
BSIE '81
Cofounder and Senior Partner, Ares Management, LLC
Robert E. Shaw
BSME '70, KSM '81
Adjunct Lecturer, Northwestern University
Michael J. Stark
BSCEE ’78
Founder and General Partner, Crosslink Capital
Tim Stojka
BSIE '89
CEO, Nexux3 Capital
Chelsea R. Stoner
BSChE ’96
General Partner, Battery Ventures
Michael Walsh
MS IEMS ’83
Founder, Quotient Technology, Inc.
Todd Warren
BA '87
Senior Advisor, ENVORSO
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)
Gregory J. Merchant (PhD AM ’90)
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)