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

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
Vice Chair of Renewable Infrastructure and Clean Private Equity, Schroders Capital Infrastructure Asia

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

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
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)
Alicia S. Boler Davis (BSChE '91)
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)
Robert B. Taggart (BSME ’67, MS ME ’68)
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)
Stephen R. Wilson (WCAS ’70, KSM ’74)
Howard B. Witt (BSME '63)
William Woodburn (MS CEE ’75)
Alan Wolfson (BSIE '80)
Charles Wu
Ava Harth Youngblood (BSCH '79)