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
Partner Group Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Alicia S. Boler Davis
BSChE '91
Vice President of Global Customer Fulfillment, Amazon
Dennis H. Chookaszian
BSChE '65
Retired Chairman and CEO, CNA Insurance Companies
Wilbur H. Gantz
President and CEO, PathoCapital, LLC
Paul R. Gudonis
BSEE '76
Chairman and CEO, Myomo, Inc.
Warren R. Haug
MS ChE '63, PhD ChE '65
Adjunct Professor, Northwestern Engineering; Retired Vice President, Procter & Gamble Company
Ann Kahlow Hobbs
MS AM '86, PhD AM '89
Principal, Renaissance Technologies
Yie-Hsin Hung
BSME '84
CEO, New York Life Investment Management
Theodore Karwoski
MS BME ’81
President, CEO, and Founder, Bearpac Medical
Christina Kosmowski
BSIE ‘98
President, LogicMonitor
Noel Kullavanijaya
BSME ’82, MS ME ’85, KSM ’86
Principal, Equilibrium Capital Group
Matthew Levatich
MMM ’94
Former President and CEO, Harley-Davidson, Inc.
Priscilla Lu
PhD CSCI ’80
Asia Head, Sustainable Investment Group, Deutsche Bank
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
CEO, Neuspera Medical Inc.
Tania Neild
PhD ECE ’99
CTO and Founder, Infograte, Inc.
David L. Nichols
BSCS ’91, KSM ’00
Principal, Ernst & Young LLP
Richard Padula
BSIE '84
Partner, R7 Partners
Robert L. Peskin
MS CEE ’75, PhD ’77
Senior Consulting Manager, AECOM
David L. Porges
BSIE '79
Retired CEO, EQT Corporation
Kenneth J. Porrello
BSIE '78, KSM '82
Executive Director, CEO Perspectives
Stephen R. Pratt
BSEE '84
Founder and CEO, Noodle.Ai
Vivek Ragavan
BSEE '74
President and CEO, AirVine Scientific
Annette Peterson Rippert
BSCS '86, KSM ’94
Group Chief Executive, Strategy and Consulting, Accenture
David A. Sachs
BSIE '81
Cofounder and Senior Advisor, Ares Management
Robert E. Shaw
BSME '70, KSM '81
Retired Vice President and Co-Owner, Milex Products, Inc.
Michael J. Stark
BSCEE ’78
Founder and General Partner, Crosslink Capital
Tim Stojka
BSIE '89
CEO and Chairman, 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
Co-founder, Quotient Technology (retired)
Todd Warren
BA '87
Managing Director, Divergent Ventures
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
Founding 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)
Ralph D. Hartung (BSCH '66 MS '68)
Richard D. Harza (BSME '44, MS '47)
Henry G. Herzing (BSEE '59)
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)