Councils & Committees

The College of Engineering receives guidance and advice from three different groups.

The College of Engineering Dean's Advisory Council, established in 1989, is made up of engineering alumni and national industry leaders who are committed to the College’s pursuit of excellence in research activities, scholarship and academic programs, ensuring personal and professional growth for future generations of engineering leaders who will stimulate economic prosperity for Arkansas, the nation and the world.
The Early Career Advisory Council, established in 2015, was formed to learn from alumni how to improve students’ preparation for the workforce. Members have completed their degrees in the last 10 years.
The Engineering Student Council connects College of Engineering students to the faculty, staff, and student organizations, in order to discuss issues and share ideas to further the excellence of the College.

Dean's Advisory Council

Dean's Advisory Council Members

Sam Alley

Chairman
VCC, LLC

Jeff Amerine

Founder and Managing Director
Startup Junkie Consulting, LLC

Scott Bennett

Vice President and Transportation/Infrastructure Marketing Director
Volkert, Inc.

Tracy Black

Partner
NewRoad Capital Partners

Sharon Dale Booth-McGee

Retired
Albemarle Corporation

DaLesia Boyd

Senior Counsel - Intellectual Property
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Keith M. Britton

President and Founder
ICONIC Consulting Group, Inc.

Vance Clement

CEO
Lineus Medical

Chad Clinehens

President and CEO
Zweig Group

Andy Davis

General manager
Periscope Holdings, Inc.

Thomas Duncan

Director, Investment Banking
Wells Fargo Securities

Cyndie Fredrick

CEO
Merichem Technologies

Kerry Gaston

Risk Engineering Manager
Entergy

Brad Gentry

CEO
Gentry Professional Services

Bill Harrison

CEO
Harrison Energy Partners

Denese Jackson

Retired
Dow Chemical Company

Eugene Jenkins

Senior Project Manager
Electrical Consultants, Inc.

Karen Jewell

Senior Vice President, Engineering and Technology
J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.

Charles King

Senior Vice President, CTO
Evergy

W. Kent McAllister

Vice President
AudubonCompanies

Pamela McGinnis

Retired
Phillips 66

Mike Mourot

Senior Vice President
The Sinclair Group

Latanyua Taylor Robinson

President and Founder
Latrobe LLC

Malik Sadiq

Global Managing Partner
Great-Doorway Consulting

Gaven Smith

Senior Vice President of Engineering and Technology
J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.

Scott Spradley

Chief Technology Officer
Lennar

Chuck Tilmon

Vice President,
Quality Control
Walmart, Inc.

Melissa Tooley

Assistant Agency Director
Texas A&M Transportation Institute

Cristine Wolf

Owner
Wolf Fine Art Photography

Lang Zimmerman

Vice President
Yelcot Communications

Emeritus, Executive Committee Members

Troy Alley, Jr.

President of Real Estate Division and
Chief Operating Officer, Con-Real, LP.

Gregory L. Baltz

Founder and President
Running Lake Farms

Bami Bastani

Senior Vice President, Mobile & Wireless Infrastructures Business Unit
GLOBALFOUNDRIES

R.R. (Barney) Baxter

(deceased)

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
R.R. Baxter Associates, Inc.

Sherman Black

Chief Executive Officer
Conservis Corporation

Kevin Brown

(deceased)

Executive Vice President (Retired) Manufacturing and Refining
LyondellBasell Industries

Kent Burnett

(deceased)

Senior Vice President of IT and E-Commerce (Retired)
Dillard’s, Inc.

Ansel Condray

Chairman and Production Director (Retired)
ExxonMobil International, Limited

William (Bill) L. Cravens

Chairman (Retired)
Alltel Information Services, Inc.

Bob Davidson

President and Chief Executive Officer
ArcBest Corporation

Cliff Eason

President and Chief Executive Officer
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. (Retired)

Melinda Faubel

Director-External Affairs, AT&T Arkansas

Alan Fortenberry

CEO (retired)
Beaver Water District

David (Dave) D. Foust

President and Chief Executive Officer (Retired), Seneca Wire & Manufacturing

Charles B. Friley

Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer (retired)
The North American Coal Company

Jack A. Giles

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
ENGIN-IC, INC.

Mike Gilliam

President and Chief Executive Officer
San Antonio Lighthouse for Blind

Kendall Harris

Provost and Vice President
of Academic Affairs and Research
Texas Southern University

Robert (Bob) Harrison

Vice President/Principal
ECCI

Grady E. Harvell

President and Chief Operating Officer
W&W/AFCO Steel, Inc.

Edward M. Harvey

(deceased)

Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Retired)

David Humphrey

Vice President, Investor Relations
ArcBest Corporation

Prakash Jalihal

Senior Advisor (Retired)
Global Technology Deployment Initiative Fidelity National Information Services

Joe Ray Jones

Executive Chairman
Rheem Manufacturing Co.

Jon Keel, Jr.

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Improved Results, LLC.

Jack King

President and Chief Executive Officer (Retired), Oglethorpe Power Corporation

Rodger Kline

Chief Administrative Officer (Retired)
Acxiom Corporation

Vincent Lyons

General Manager, North Texas & Eastern Region Engineering Operations
Raytheon Company

John Marshall

President
Coastal Partners, Inc.

Charles “Micky” Mayfield, Jr.

Sales Vice President (retired)
Nokia Siemens

Jim McClelland, Jr.

McClelland Engineers, Inc.

Marji McNeill

Vice President and Director
Compliance & Ethics
Flint Hills Resources

Adam Monroe

CEO
Panaceutics Nutrition, Inc.

Ray Owen

Chief Operations Officer
Burlington Resources

Tom L. Pierson

President
Industrial Fabrication Properties, Ltd

Kirk Pond

(deceased)

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President (Retired)
Fairchild Semiconductor

Karl Schubert

President and Principal Consultant
TechNova Consulting, LLC
Research Professor & Director of Research for Innovation and Data Science Initiatives for the College of Engineering and the Sam M. Walton College of Business

Patrick Schueck

President
Lexicon, Inc.

Stuart Scott

Executive Vice President and CIO
J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.

Thad Solomon

Vice President & GM
Nucor Yamato Steel Company

Ami Spivey

Senior Vice President
Next Generation Supply Chain (retired)
Walmart, Inc.

President and CEO
Powering Forward Consulting

Larry Stephens

(deceased)

Chairman of the Board (Retired)
Mid-South Engineering Company

W. T. (Tom) Stephens

President and Chief Executive Officer (Retired)
Boise Cascade, LLC

Bob Storey

Managing Director
The MVR Company

Gus M. Vratsinas

Principal Managing Member
Vratsinas Enterprises, LLC.

Chris Weiser

Owner and Chief Executive Officer
J.V. Manufacturing

Bruce Westerman

Congressman

Daniel Williams

Retired
Garver

Thomas J. Wright

Chief Executive Officer
Entergy Services, Inc.

Charles Zimmerman

President/Owner
Global VE

Early Career Advisory Council

Early Career Advisory Council Members

Louai Alfaori, BSCE '16

Sales Engineer at W&W | AFCO Steel

Bentley Allgood, BSIE '14

Senior Engineering Program Manager at Savers, TVI

John Cameron Beyers, BSBE ' 13

Tyson

Andrew Binder, ELEG

Jana Braaten, BSBE '12

Senior Environmental Program Manager at Port of Seattle

Alexa Carpenter, BSIE '16, MSIE '18

Senior Manager 2, Inventory Stategy & Analytics at Walmart

C. Denisho Coleman, BMEG

Lynsey Copley, BSBE '17

Plant Engineer at Biogen

Lionel Davis II, BSME

Account Executive at Johnson Controls

Megan Dunn, BSChE '13, PhD '19

Scientist II at Cardinal Health

Will Faist, BSIE '13

Process Engineer III at Tyson

Amelia Falcon, BSBmE '17

Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Alabama

Emily Gilligan, ChE

Process Engineer at Black and Vetch

Mariam Gonzalez, ChE

Strategy Sr Analyst at Frito-Lay

Boris Habimana, ELEG

Ryan Hagedorn, BSCE '15

Structural Engineer at Bob D. Campbell & Company

Tylon Jackson, BSIE '19

Business Management Consultant at Accenture

Sarah Jagessar, BSEE '17

Electrical Engineer (Substation Designer) at Black & Veatch

Kristianna Jones, BSBmE '18

Senior Business Process & Technology Analyst at Accenture Federal Services

Kaylee Kamalanathan, BSChE, BSPhy

Product Manager at Astrin Biosciences

Lauren Kegley, BSEE/MicroEP

Technical Marketing Manager, Automotive Discrete Portfolio at Wolfspeed

Jonathan Kerby, BSCE '13

Shareholder at Kimley-Horn and Associates

Todd Kitchen, BSME '19

Project Engineer at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Alec Lea, CSCE

Becca Leonard, BSME '11

Associate at McKinsey & Company

Drake Maltos, BA '19

Pedro Maltos, CVEG

Emily Matlock, BSIE '19

Facility & Process Design Senior Analyst at Toyota

Trenton McKenize, BSBE '15

Director, Transportation at George's Inc.

Katy Miller Priest, BMEG

Danielle Neighbor, BSCE '16

Foreign Affairs Officer at the U.S. Department of State

Casey O'Grady, ELEG

Kylie Parker, CVEG

Marilyn Pharr, BENG

Margaret Plank, BSME '19

Assistant Mechanical Engineer at Olsson

Caitlyn Plunkett, CHEG

Biogen

Sarah Sadiq, CSCE

Stephanie Sandoval, ELEG

Georgia Tech

Michell Spradlin, CVEG

Philip States, BSCE '13

Asst. Director of Roadway Planning at BNSF Railway

Patrick Daniel Stevens, CVEG

Madeline Sullentrop, BSIE

Lead Power and Utilities Analyst at Burns and McDonnell

Don James Udofida, BSCE '16

Civil Engineer Corps Officer at US Navy

Austin Van Horn, BSME '15, MSME '16

Owner/Mechanical Engineer Engineering & Management Solutions, Inc.

Kelsey Zenko, BSME '17

Manufacturing Engineer at Performed Line Product