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
    5/31/23
    Chief Quality Officer, GlobalFoundries
  • Russell L. Agrusa
    3/6/23
    Founder, President and CEO, ICONICS, Inc. (Retired)
  • Paul Ameis
    9/21/23
    Vice President, WTS, Inc. 
  • Ron Benczkowski
    5/31/23
    Vice President – Engineering, Moog, Inc., Space and Defense Group
  • Julie Cercone
    3/6/23
    Information Security Professional - Lead Analyst, Citi
  • James Chou
    5/31/23
    Start-up Technology Executive
  • 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
  • Judy Feldman
    11/2/23
    Owner, BIA 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
  • Bill Harris
    5/31/23
    Director, Innovation Advisory Partners
  • 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
  • Joseph F. Kessler
    5/31/23
    Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, New York Power Authority
  • Steve Krenzer
    5/31/23
    CFO, Alkuri Global Acquisition Corp
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • Jonathan Watts
    5/31/23
    Director of Operations, Nelson Nygaard
  • Jim Wehrfritz
    5/31/23
    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