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

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

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
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 S. Bigelow
Board Chair, BS/Chemistry & Biology ’82 (Tusculum College), MS/CS ’85
- CEO
- Emerald Growth Partners, LLC
- Knoxville, Tennessee

Kathy J. Caldwell
BS/CE ’84
- President
- Caldwell Cook & Associates
- Gainesville, Florida

Angie Cannon
BS/ChE ’81
- CEO (retired)
- Cannon & Cannon, Inc.
- 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

Joe C. Cook, Jr.
BS/IE ’65
- Managing Director & Founder
- Mountain Group Partners LLC
- Nashville, Tennessee

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 (retired)
- Pratt & Whitney
- Knoxville, Tennessee

Robert Joshua Dobbs
BS/AE ’17
- NFL Quarterback
- Cleveland Browns
- Alpharetta, Georgia

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

Kenneth Huntsman
BS/CompSci ’74 (Pennsylvania State University); MS/CompSci ’77
- Co-Founder (retired)
- AOL
- Steamboat Springs, CO

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
BS/ChE ’81
- Sr. Vice President Global R&D (retired)
- PepsiCo
- Boca Raton, Florida

Misty Mayes
BS/IE ’88
- Founder & CEO
- Management Solutions, LLC
- Knoxville, Tennessee

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

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
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
BS/ME ’81
- Chairman & CEO
- I.C. Thomasson Associates, Inc.
- Nashville, Tennessee

Jacinda B. Woodward
BS/EE ’88 (Auburn University)
- Senior Vice President of Power Operations
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- Chattanooga, Tennessee

Geoff Yearack
- President
- RCN Technology
- Knoxville, 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