Dean's Advisory Council

Dean's Advisory Council group photo, October 2014

Members of the Dean's Advisory Council gather for a group photo in Grace Plaza outside Davis Hall. Photo by Nancy J. Parisi

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

  • Long-term planning and strategy
  • Development
  • Industrial relations
  • Educational and professional identity
  • Placement
  • Curriculum
  • Classroom enrichment
  • New programs

Members

Michael J. Cadigan, Chair
9/28/17
Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Business Development / ASICS Business Unit Globalfoundries
Patrick Abrami
4/13/17
Consultant
Russell L. Agrusa
9/28/17
Founder, President and CEO, ICONICS, Inc.
Ron Benczkowski
9/28/17
Vice President – Engineering, Moog, Inc., Space and Defense Group
David Cadigan
9/27/17
Advisory Engineer, IBM
Dennis Elsenbeck
9/27/17
Head of Energy and Sustainability, Energy Consulting Services, Buffalo, Phillips Lytle LLP
Robert Girardi
4/23/18
President and CEO, SofTrek
James E. Glattly
4/13/17
Retired Chemical Industry Executive
Karianne Gomez
9/28/17
Vice President of Field Strategy and Customer Experience, Pampered Chef
Robert G. Harrison, P.E.
9/28/17
Vice President of Engineering and Construction, Transmission Developers, Inc.
Cynthia Hoover
9/28/17
Director, Adsorption R&D, Praxair
Ashok Jain
9/28/17
Retired VP of Engineering and CTO, Zodiac Aerospace
Joe Kessler
9/28/17
Senior Vice President, Power Generation
Kenneth A. Kota
9/28/17
Sr. VP, Business Development & Technology, Cobham Mission Systems
Jeff Markin
10/2/17
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer,
eHealth Technologies
Edward C. Morris
10/2/17
President, ECM Management Consultants, LLC
Susan R. Nowicki
9/28/17
Director of Engineering, Northrop Grumman Amherst Systems
John V. Pilitsis
9/28/17
Co-founder, President and CEO (retired 2006), Cyoptics, Inc.
Ashish Shah
4/9/18
Senior Director of Research and Development for Orthopaedics, Advanced Surgical and Orthopaedics division, Greatbatch.
Michael Sinicropi
9/28/17
Vice President of Operations, Matheson Gas
Stephen E. Still
9/28/17
Founder and Managing Director, Seabury Airline Planning Group, LLC
Robert Tom
9/28/17
Senior Director Product Engineering, Fisher-Price