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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

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 of Global Supply Chain & Chief Procurement Officer (retired)
  • Eastman Chemical Company
  • Kingsport, Tennessee
Joan Bienvenue

Joan Bienvenue

BS/Chemistry ’99 (Rivier University); MS/Forensic Science ’01 (University of New Haven, CT); Ph.D./Chemistry ’06 (UVA); MBA ’12 (University of Mary Washington)

  • Director
  • UT-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute
  • Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Barbie Bigelow

Barbie S. Bigelow

Board Chair, 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

Angie Cannon

BS/ChE ’81

  • CEO (retired)
  • Cannon & Cannon, Inc.
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
Harold Conner

Harold T. Conner, Jr.

BS/ChE ’68, MS/ChE ’78, PhD/ISE ’13 (University of Alabama Huntsville)

  • Senior Program Manager
  • Strata G
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
Joe Cook

Joe C. Cook, Jr.

BS/IE ’65

  • Managing Director & Founder
  • 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

Bennett Croswell

BS/ME ’79, MBA/Aviation (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)

  • President, Military Engines (retired)
  • Pratt & Whitney
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
Robert Joshua Dobbs

Robert Joshua Dobbs

BS/AE ’17

  • Quarterback
  • NFL
  • Alpharetta, Georgia
Mike Dodd

Mike Dodd

BS/EECS ’95

  • Senior Staff Engineer
  • Google
  • Kirkland, Washington
Bill Eversole

Bill Eversole

BS/EE ’73; MS/EE & PhD/EE (Southern Methodist University)

  • CEO & President (retired)
  • Bandspeed, Inc.
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
Jim Flood

Jim K. Flood

BS/CE ’80

  • Vice President, Eastern Canada/Russia/Arctic (retired)
  • ExxonMobil Development Company
  • Magnolia, Texas
Randy Gibson

Randy Gibson

BS/CE ’83

  • Chief Strategy Officer and President of International Practice
  • Gresham Smith
  • Nashville, Tennessee
Ralph Heath

Ralph Heath

BS/EE ’70, MBA ’75

  • Executive Vice President (retired)
  • Lockheed Martin
  • Fort Worth, Texas
Ken Huntsman

Kenneth Huntsman

BS/CompSci ’74 (Pennsylvania State University); MS/CompSci ’77

  • Co-Founder (retired)
  • AOL
  • Steamboat Springs, CO
Melvin Kirk

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
Robert Lewis

Robert Lewis

BS/ChE ’81

  • Sr. Vice President Global R&D (retired)
  • PepsiCo
  • Boca Raton, Florida
Misty Mayes

Misty Mayes

BS/IE ’88

  • Founder & CEO
  • Management Solutions, LLC
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
Cavanaugh Mims

Cavanaugh Mims

BS/NE ’86

  • President
  • Visionary Solutions, LLC
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
Michael Rodgers

Mike Rodgers

BS/Business Administration/Finance & Economics (Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania), MBA (St. Joseph’s University of Pennsylvania)

  • Chief Technology Officer
  • Pilot Company
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
Joel Seligstein

Joel Seligstein

BS/CS ’06

  • CEO
  • Parallel Plaid, Inc.
  • Park City, Utah
Syreeta Vaughn

Syreeta Vaughn

BS/Geology ’02 (Florida State University); MS/Geology ’05, MS/IE ’13

  • Sr. Nuclear Safety Specialist
  • ORNL
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
John Wimberly

John Wimberly

BS/ME ’81

  • Chairman & CEO
  • I.C. Thomasson Associates, Inc.
  • Nashville, Tennessee
Jacinda Woodward

Jacinda B. Woodward

BS/EE ’88 (Auburn University)

  • Senior Vice President of Power Operations
  • Tennessee Valley Authority
  • Chattanooga, Tennessee
Geoff Yearack

Geoff Yearack

  • President
  • RCN Technology
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
Angela Yochem

Angela Yochem

BM/Music ’93 (DePauw University); MS/CS ’98

  • Executive VP & Chief Transformation and Digital Officer
  • Novant Health
  • Charlotte, North Carolina
Michael Zill

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