Board of Advisors
The college’s Board of Advisors consists of high-level managerial and technical executives from government, education, business, and industry. The board serves in an advisory capacity to the dean, administrative staff, department heads, faculty, and students of the college. Many of the board members are UT engineering alumni.
Members
Terry K. Begley
BS/ChE ’69, MS/EA ’74
- Vice President of Global Supply Chain & Chief Procurement Officer (retired)
- Eastman Chemical Company
- Kingsport, Tennessee
Barbie S. Bigelow
Board Chair, BS/Chemistry & Biology ’82 (Tusculum College), MS/CS ’85
- CEO
- Emerald Growth Partners, LLC
- Knoxville, Tennessee
Harold T. Conner, Jr.
BS/ChE ’68, MS/ChE ’78, PhD/ISE ’13 (University of Alabama Huntsville)
- Senior Program Manager
- Strata G
- Knoxville, Tennessee
Mark K. Cox
BS/ChE ’89, MBA ’02 (Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management), DBA ’25 (Pepperdine University)
- Senior Vice-President, Chief Manufacturing, Supply Chain, & Engineering Officer (retired)
- Eastman Chemical Company
- Kingsport, Tennessee
Bennett Croswell
BS/ME ’79, MBA/Aviation (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)
- President, Military Engines (retired)
- Pratt & Whitney
- Knoxville, Tennessee
Mike Dodd
BS/EECS ’95
- Senior Staff Engineer
- Kirkland, Washington
Bill Eversole
BS/EE ’73; MS/EE & PhD/EE (Southern Methodist University)
- CEO & President (retired)
- Bandspeed, Inc.
- Knoxville, Tennessee
Jim K. Flood
BS/CE ’80
- Vice President, Eastern Canada/Russia/Arctic (retired)
- ExxonMobil Development Company
- Magnolia, Texas
Randy Gibson
BS/CE ’83
- Chief Strategy Officer and President of International Practice
- Gresham Smith
- Nashville, Tennessee
Ralph Heath
BS/EE ’70, MBA ’75
- Executive Vice President (retired)
- Lockheed Martin
- Fort Worth, Texas
General James W. “Mike” Holmes
BS/EE ’81, MA/History ‘93 (University of Alabama Tuscaloosa), MAAS ’94 (School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Air University), MNDS ’01 (Naval War College)
- Commander, Air Combat Command (retired)
- Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia
- Washington, D.C.
Kenneth Huntsman
BS/CompSci ’74 (Pennsylvania State University); MS/CompSci ’77
- Co-Founder (retired)
- AOL
- Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Melvin Kirk
BS/IE ’87, MBA ’93 (Olin School of Business, Washington University of St. Louis)
- Senior Technology & Operations Executive (retired)
- Ryder System, Inc.
- Miami, Florida
Kevin Loebbaka
BS/EE ’85
- COO
- Universal Alloy Corporation
- Ball Ground, Georgia
Wolfgang Maluche
BS/ME (University of Applied Science in Munich); MS/Engineering (Texas A&M)
- VP of Engineering NAR Region
- Volkswagen Group of America
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
Misty Mayes
BS/IE ’88
- Founder & CEO
- Management Solutions, LLC
- Knoxville, Tennessee
Jim McKinley
BS/ChE ’77
- Executive (retired)
- ExxonMobile Chemical
- Houston, Texas
Don Moul
BS/NE (Penn State); MBA (Notre Dame)
- CEO & President
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
Syreeta Vaughn
BS/Geology ’02 (Florida State University); MS/Geology ’05, MS/IE ’13
- Sr. Nuclear Safety Specialist
- ORNL
- Knoxville, Tennessee
Robert Wagner
BS/ME ’93; MS/ME ’95; PhD/ME ’99 (Missouri University of Science and Technology)
- Associate Laboratory Director, Energy Science and Technology
- ORNL
- Knoxville, Tennessee
Jacinda B. Woodward
BS/EE ’88 (Auburn University)
- Senior Vice President of Power Operations (retired)
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
Angela Yochem
BM/Music ’93 (DePauw University); MS/CS ’98
- Executive VP & Chief Transformation and Digital Officer
- Novant Health
- Charlotte, North Carolina
Michael Zill
BS/IE ’85, MS/Financial Management ’88 (University of Texas, Dallas)
- Chief Information Officer and Chief Administrative Officer
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals
- San Diego, California