Dean's Advisory Council

Group photo of the Departmental Advisory Board.

The Dean’s Advisory Council provides support and advice to the dean in several key areas, such as:

  • Long-term planning, strategies and tactics
  • Development
  • Industrial relations and outreach
  • Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
  • Student preparation and placement
  • Educational and curriculum enrichment
  • New programs

Members

  • Michael J. Cadigan, Chair
    3/5/25
    Chief Government Affairs Officer, GlobalFoundries (Retired)
  • Russell L. Agrusa
    3/6/23
    Founder, President and CEO, ICONICS, Inc. (Retired)
  • Betsy Bingham
    1/13/25
    Vice President of Lean Operations, GE Aerospace (Retired)
  • Julie Cercone
    3/6/23
    Information Security Professional - Lead Analyst, Citi
  • Daniel D’Angelo, PE
    5/31/23
    Principal Civil Engineer, Applied Research Associates
  • Dennis Elsenbeck
    5/31/23
    Head of Energy and Sustainability, Phillips Lytle LLP Energy Consulting Services
  • Mark Glauser
    5/31/23
    Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science; Syracuse University
  • Karianne Gomez
    5/31/23
    Vice President, Lead Client Partner, Genpact
  • Cynthia Hoover
    5/31/23
    Executive Director, Linde Engineering Americas
  • Rob Jacoby
    5/31/23
    Consultant to the Energy Industry and Former Enterprise Category Manager, Royal Dutch Shell
  • Carl Kesselman
    9/5/24
    William M. Keck Professor of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California
  • Joseph F. Kessler
    5/31/23
    Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, New York Power Authority
  • Anna Knight
    9/5/24
    Project Business Lead, Capital Projects at Linde plc
  • Steve Krenzer
    3/1/24
    President, Thinkific Inc. 
  • Anil Kshirsagar
    5/31/23
    Executive Chair, CAPIOT Software, Inc
  • Mike Kurdziel
    5/31/23
    Principal Fellow and Engineering Director for the Chief Engineering Systems and Technology Group, L3Harris Technologies.
  • Gina Lee-Glauser
    5/31/23
    Vice President for Research, Syracuse University (Retired)
  • Justina Nixon-Saintil
    6/7/24
    Vice President and Chief Impact Officer, IBM
  • Mark Santoro
    5/31/23
    Principal Engineering Fellow, Hardware Engineering Center, Raytheon Intelligence and Space
  • Ashish Shah
    5/31/23
    Vice President of Research and Development, Viant Medical
  • George Small
    9/11/24
    Chief Technology Officer, Moog Inc. 
  • Alice Smith
    3/6/23
    Joe W. Forehand/Accenture Distinguished Professor of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, Auburn University
  • Stephen E. Still
    5/31/23
    Professor of Practice, Institute for Sustainable Transportation and Logistics, University at Buffalo
  • Subbarao Vanka
    11/21/22
    President, NW Engineering Consultants, Inc.
  • Chris Wan
    5/31/23
    Founder, Dyno Group
  • Jim Wehrfritz
    4/3/24
    Executive, Exxon and ExxonMobil (Retired)
  • Candace Yano
    11/21/22
    Kallbach Professor of Business Administration, Morris Chang Chair in management of Technology Innovation, University of California, Berkeley

Emeritus Members

  • Paul Ameis
    5/1/24
    Vice President, WTS, Inc. 
  • Ron Benczkowski
    6/7/24
    Vice President – Engineering, Moog, Inc., Space and Defense Group (Retired)
  • Judy Feldman
    9/11/24
    Owner, BIA Consulting Services
  • Robert G. Harrison, P.E.
    9/11/24
    Vice President of Engineering and Construction, Transmission Developers, Inc.