College Advisory Board
The Dean's Advisory Board helps guide the college.

The College of Engineering Dean's Advisory Board is designed to advise and assist the Dean in the development and advancement of college programs. Board members provide counsel in determining strategic directions for the college, and provide assistance in implementing the resulting strategic plan.
For more information about the College's Advisory Board, please contact Ashley Waddell, engineering corporate & foundation relations.
Current members of the Dean's Advisory Board:
Name |
Title |
Company |
Brett Anderson |
Retired Managing Partner |
Accenture, Inc., Denver, Colorado |
Drew Crouch |
Vice President and General Manager, National Defense |
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation, Broomfield, Colorado |
Walter Dabberdt |
Chief Science Officer |
Vaisala, Inc., Boulder Colorado |
Don DeGryse |
Vice President, Navigation Systems |
Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Newtown, Pennsylvania |
Judy Dorsey |
President |
The Brendle Group, Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado |
J.M. "Jud" Harper |
Emeritus Professor |
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado |
Katie Hoffner |
Consultant |
Bohemian Companies, Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Stephen Light | Chairman, CEO and President | Xerium Technologies, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina |
| David Montgomery | Advanced Natural Gas Reciprocating Engine Program Manager | Caterpillar, Peoria, Illinois |
Robert Mueller |
President and Owner |
BNet, Seattle, Washington |
| Ed Neas | Senior Vice President, Research & Development | CHD Bioscience, Fort Collins, Colorado |
David Newman |
Independent Management Consultant |
Mountain View, California |
Terry Plymell |
Chief Engineer |
Raytheon Space Systems, Aurora, Colorado |
| Doug Rhoda | President & CEO | Wolf Robotics LLC, Fort Collins, Colorado |
Terry Ruhl |
Vice President |
CH2M Hill, Inc., Englewood, Colorado |
Rocky Scott |
Director, Business Development |
Woodward, Fort Collins, Colorado |
Ed Sedivy |
Chief Engineer, Sensing and Exploration |
Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Littleton, Colorado |
Liz Walzel |
Director of Design Engineering |
The Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, Texas |
Mark Winkler |
President |
Boise Consulting Group, Boise, Idaho |
Members Emeriti of the Dean's Advisory Board:
| Ray Chamberlain | Vice President | Parsons Brinckerhoff, Denver, Colorado |
| Bill Cousins | Fellow | Pratt & Whitney, Hartford, Connecticut |
John Gauger |
Director, Global Knee Marketing |
Zimmer, Warsaw, Indiana |
Rick George |
President & CEO |
Suncor Energy Inc., Calgary, Alberta |
Don Law |
President |
Prima Exploration Inc., Denver, Colorado |
| Joe Marcus | Vice President, Production Operations | Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Littleton, Colorado |
| David Reed | Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer | CableLabs, Louisville, Colorado |
Advisory Board members support the college by fostering mutually beneficial relationships with industry, state and federal governments, and current and former students with the goal of increasing research funding. In addition, Board members help promote the college's missions and programs to prospective students, parents, alumni, and others on a regional, national, and global scale, and assist with establishing and supporting fundraising priorities.