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
Managing Director, Flynn Fisk
Peter J. Barris
BSEE '74
Managing General Partner, New Enterprise Associates
Bill Bliss
BSCS '87
Retired, Microsoft Corporation
Alicia S. Boler Davis
BSChE '91
CEO, Alto Pharmacy
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
Partner, AEA Investors LP
Paul R. Gudonis
BSEE '76
Chairman and CEO, Myomo, Inc.
Yie-Hsin Hung
BSME '84
President and CEO, State Street Global Advisors
Theodore Karwoski
MS BME ’81
Founder and Principal, Bearpac Medical
Christina Kosmowski
BSIE ‘98
CEO, LogicMonitor
Noel Kullavanijaya
BSME ’82, MS ME ’85, KSM ’86
Principal, Equilibrium Capital Group
Matthew Levatich
MMM ’94
Retired CEO, Harley-Davidson, Inc.; Member, Board of Directors, Emerson and AriensCo.; Adjunct Professor, Kellogg
Priscilla Lu
PhD CSCI ’80
Managing Director/Asia Head, Sustainable Investment Group, Deutsche Bank DWS
Patrick R. McCarter
BSIE '98
Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
Gregory J. Merchant
PhD AM ’90
Financial Engineer
Milton M. Morris
BSEE ’92, KSM ’04
President and CEO, Neuspera Medical Inc.
Tania Neild
PhD ECE ’99
CTO and Owner, 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 and CEO, Noodle.Ai
Vivek Ragavan
BSEE '74
President and CEO, 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
Cofounder and CEO, Agentis Energy
Chelsea R. Stoner
BSChE ’96
General Partner, Battery Ventures
Robert B. Taggart
BSME ’67, MS ME ’68
CEO, Chairman, and Founder, Chaparral Communications, Inc.
Michael Walsh
MS IEMS ’83
Cofounder, Senior Advisor, Quotient Technology, Inc.
Todd Warren
BA '87
Executive Director of Software Development, Ford Motor Company
William J. White
BSIE '61
Professor, Northwestern University; Retired CEO and Chairman of the Board, Bell & Howell Company
Stephen R. Wilson
WCAS ’70, KSM ’74
Retired CEO, CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
William Woodburn
MS CEE ’75
Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners
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)
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)
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)
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)
Howard B. Witt (BSME '63)
Alan Wolfson (BSIE '80)
Charles Wu
Ava Harth Youngblood (BSCH '79)