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
8/2/18
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
6/29/18
Advisory Engineer, IBM
James Chou
7/27/18
Chief Technology Officer, Kabbage, Inc. 
Dennis Elsenbeck
10/29/18
Head of Energy and Sustainability, Energy Consulting Services, Buffalo, Phillips Lytle LLP
Robert Girardi
7/30/18
President and CEO, SofTrek, retired
Karianne Gomez
7/30/18
Vice President of Strategic Value at the Network of Executive Women
Robert G. Harrison, P.E.
6/29/18
Vice President of Engineering and Construction, Transmission Developers, Inc.
Cynthia Hoover
6/29/18
Director, Adsorption R&D, Praxair
Rob Jacoby
6/29/18
Retired Global Manager, Royal Dutch Shell
Ashok Jain
6/29/18
Retired VP of Engineering and CTO, Zodiac Aerospace
Joe Kessler
6/29/18
Senior Vice President, Power Generation
Anil Kshirsagar
10/4/18
Co-Founder, Founding CEO and Chairman of CAPIOT Software, Inc
Jeff Markin
7/30/18
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, eHealth Technologies
Edward C. Morris
6/29/18
President, ECM Management Consultants, LLC
Susan R. Nowicki
6/29/18
Director of Engineering, Northrop Grumman Amherst Systems
Ashish Shah
7/30/18
Vice President of Research and Development for the Advanced Surgical and Orthopaedics Division, Integer
Michael Sinicropi
9/28/17
Vice President of Operations, Matheson Gas
Stephen E. Still
8/13/18
Professor of Practice - UB Institute for Sustainable Transportation and Logistics
Jonathan Watts
10/1/18
Vice President at Watts Architecture & Engineering DPC