Board of Advisors - Tickle College of Engineering

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.

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Members

Tom Ballard

Thomas Ballard

BS/Communication ’69
Chief Alliance Officer
PYA
Knoxville, Tennessee

Terry Begley

Terry K. Begley

BS/ChE ’69, MS/EA ’74
Vice President, Global Supply Chain
Chief Procurement Officer (retired)
Eastman Chemical Company
Kingsport, Tennessee

Barbie Bigelow

Barbie S. Bigelow

BS/Chemistry & Biology ’82 (Tusculum College), MS/CS ’85
CEO
Emerald Growth Partners, LLC
Knoxville, Tennessee

Kathy Caldwell

Kathy J. Caldwell

BS/CE ’84
President
Caldwell Cook & Associates
Gainesville, Florida

Angie Cannon

BS/CHE ’81
CEO (retired)
Cannon & Cannon, Inc.
Knoxville, TN

Harold Conner

Harold Conner, Jr.

BS/ChemE ’68, MS/ChemE ’78, University of Tennessee, PhD/ChemE ’13, University of Alabama Huntsville
Senior Program Manager
Strata G
Knoxville, Tennessee

Joe Cook

Joseph C. Cook, Jr.

BS/IE ’65
Founder & Principal
Mountain Group Partners LLC
Nashville, Tennessee

Mark Cox

Mark K. Cox

BS/CHE ’89, MBA ’02 Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
Senior Vice-President, Chief Manufacturing, Supply Chain, & Engineering Officer
Eastman Chemical Company
Kingsport, Tennessee

Bennett Croswell

BS/ME ’79, MBA/Aviation (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
President, Military Engines
Pratt & Whitney
East Hartford, Connecticut

Josh Dobbs

Robert Joshua Dobbs

BS/AE ’17
NFL Quarterback
Pittsburgh Steelers
Alpharetta, GA

Mike Dodd

BS/ECE ’95
Senior Staff Engineer
Google
Kirkland, WA

Bill Eversole

William L. Eversole

BS/EE ’73; PhD/EE, Southern Methodist University
CEO & President
Bandspeed, Inc.
Austin, Texas

Jim K. Flood

BS/CE ’80
Vice President, Eastern Canada/Russia/Arctic (retired)
ExxonMobil Development Company
Spring, Texas

Randy Gibson

BS/CE ’83
Chief Strategy Officer
Gresham Smith
Nashville, Tennessee

Sharon Habibi

Sharon Sirang Habibi

BS/Arch ’75, MS/CE ’77, EMBA ’89
Former CEO/President
Syscom Technologies Inc.
Marietta, Georgia

John Hanula

BS/Arch ’83, MS/CE ’84
Senior Vice President
Stantec
Pasadena, California

Ralph Heath

BS/EE ’70, MBA ’75
Executive Vice President (retired)
Lockheed-Martin
Aledo, Texas

Kenneth Huntsman

MS/CompSci ’77, BS/CompSci ’74 (Pennsylvania State University)
Co-Founder, America Online (retired)
Altavista, Virginia

Jerry Johnson

BS/Chem ‘94, MBA, Harvard Business School, ‘98
Managing Director
RLJ Equity Partners
Bethesda, Maryland

Robert Lewis

BS/ChemE ’81, University of Tennessee
Sr. Vice President Global R&D (retired)
PepsiCo
Boca Raton, Florida

Louis Martin-Vega

BS/IE (University of Peurto Rice at Mayaguez), MS/Operations Research (New York University), ME/ISE (University of Florida), PHD/ISE (University of Florida)
Dean of Engineering
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

Misty Mayes

BS/IE ’88
President
Management Solutions, LLC
Knoxville, Tennessee

Cavanaugh Mims

Cavanaugh Mims

Board Chair

BS/NE ’86
President
Visionary Solutions, LLC
Knoxville, Tennessee

Jeff Nichols

BA/Math ’78, BA/Chem ’78 (Malone College), PhD ’83 (Texas A & M University)
Associate Laboratory Director
Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Warren Oliver

Warren C. Oliver

BS/MSE ‘77, MS/MSE ‘79 (Standford University), PhD/MSE ‘81 (Stanford University)
President
Nanomechanics, Inc.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Joel Seligstein

BS/CS ’06
CEO
Parallel Plaid, Inc.
Park City, Utah

Syreeta Vaughn

BS/Geology ’02, Florida State University; MS/Geology ’05; MS/IE ’13
Sr. Nuclear Safety Specialist
ORNL
Knoxville, Tennessee

John Wimberly

Joseph (John) Wimberly

BS/ME ’81
President
I.C. Thomasson Associates, Inc.
Nashville, Tennessee

Jacinda Woodward

Jacinda B. Woodward

BS/EE, ’88 (Auburn University)
Senior Vice President
Power Operations
Tennessee Valley Authority
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Angela Yochem

BM/Music ’93, DePauw University, MS/CS ’98, University of Tennessee
Executive VP and Chief Digital Officer
Novant Health
Charlotte, North Carolina

Michael Zill

BS/IE ’85, University of Tennessee, MS/Financial Management ’88, University of Texas, Dallas
Chief Information Officer and Chief Administrative Officer
Acadia Pharmaceuticals
San Diego, California

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