Leadership
McCormick 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

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Deepak Ahuja

MS MSE '87

Chief Business and Financial Officer, Zipline


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Curt J. Andersson

BSEE '84

Managing Director, Flynn Fisk


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Peter J. Barris

BSEE '74

Managing General Partner, New Enterprise Associates


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Bill Bliss

BSCS '87

Retired, Microsoft Corporation


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Dennis H. Chookaszian

BSChE '65

Director and Chairman of Audit Committee, Pillarstone Capital, Inc.


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Wilbur H. Gantz

President and CEO, PathoCapital, LLC


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Rahul Goyal

BSChE '99

Partner, AEA Investors LP


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Paul R. Gudonis

BSEE '76

Chairman and CEO, Myomo, Inc.


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Yie-Hsin Hung

BSME '84

President and CEO, State Street Global Advisors


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Theodore Karwoski

MS BME ’81

Founder and Principal, Bearpac Medical


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Christina Kosmowski

BSIE ‘98

CEO, LogicMonitor


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Noel Kullavanijaya

BSME ’82, MS ME ’85, KSM ’86

Principal, Equilibrium Capital Group


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Matthew Levatich

MMM ’94

Retired CEO, Harley-Davidson, Inc.; Member, Board of Directors, Emerson and AriensCo.; Adjunct Professor, Kellogg


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Priscilla Lu

PhD CSCI ’80

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


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Patrick R. McCarter

BSIE '98

Managing Director, The Carlyle Group


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Gregory J. Merchant

PhD AM ’90

Financial Engineer


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Milton M. Morris

BSEE ’92, KSM ’04

President and CEO, Neuspera Medical Inc.


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Tania Neild

PhD ECE ’99

CTO and Owner, Infograte, Inc.


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David L. Nichols

BSCS ’91, KSM ’00

Senior Principal, Ernst & Young LLC


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Richard Padula

BSIE '84

Founder, Mirata Software

Partner, R7 Partners


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Robert L. Peskin

MS CEE ’75, PhD ’77

Senior Consulting Manager, AECOM


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David L. Porges

BSIE '79

Member, Board of Directors, NextEra Energy


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Kenneth J. Porrello

BSIE '78, KSM '82

Operating Partner, Kinzie Capital Partners, LLC


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Stephen R. Pratt

BSEE '84

Founder and CEO, Noodle.Ai


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Vivek Ragavan

BSEE '74

President and CEO, Airvine


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Annette Peterson Rippert

BSCS '86, KSM ’94

Group Chief Executive, Strategy and Consulting, Accenture, LLP


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David A. Sachs

BSIE '81

Cofounder and Senior Partner, Ares Management, LLC


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Robert E. Shaw

BSME '70, KSM '81

Adjunct Lecturer, Northwestern University


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Michael J. Stark

BSCEE ’78

Founder and General Partner, Crosslink Capital


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Tim Stojka

BSIE '89

Cofounder and CEO, Agentis Energy


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Chelsea R. Stoner

BSChE ’96

General Partner, Battery Ventures


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Michael Walsh

MS IEMS ’83

Cofounder, Senior Advisor, Quotient Technology, Inc.


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Todd Warren

BA '87

Executive Director of Software Development, Ford Motor Company


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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)