Executive Board

The School of Engineering Executive Board, appointed by SMU President R. Gerald Turner, comprises senior-level corporate leaders who have the experience and vision to help guide strategic directives for the school.

The Board's responsibilities include:

• Promoting interaction between the School of Engineering and area and national industry
• Assisting with broad issues related to curriculum planning, management, and evaluation, and charting future instructional and research areas
• Helping to secure financial support for the school
• Guiding and promoting general excellence in engineering education and research

Chair of the Executive Board - G. Mark Cullum
Vice-Chair of the Executive Board - Karen Shuford

Members of the School of Engineering Executive Board include:

	John C. Adler General Partner Silver Creek Ventures		Don Liedtke VP and General Manager Unisys Corporation
	Tony Affuso Chairman & CEO Siemens PLM Software		Wendy A. Lopez Chief Executive Officer LopezGarcia Group
	Ray Almgren V. P. of Product Marketing and Academic Relations National Instruments Corporation		Bobby B. Lyle, Ph.D. Chairman, President & CEO Lyco Holdings Incorporated
	Sheldon Arora President and CEO Esoftsolutions, Inc.		Harold MacDowell CEO TD Industries
	William W. Aston		Chao C. Mai, Ph.D. Retired President & CEO Dallas Semiconductor Corporation
	Richard S. Bakalar, M.D. Chief Medical Officer IBM Global Healthcare Provider Segment		David C. Mannon President and COO Parker Drilling Company
	C. Fred Ball President and CEO Bank of Texas		Ray Marr, Ph.D. Partner Marr Company
	Donald A. Berg		Lewis McMahan President Texas Instruments Alumni Association
	David Biegler Estrella Energy		Angela A. Meyer, Ph.D. Corporate Vice President Exponent
	George Cullum, Jr. Chairman and Director Cullum Construction Co., Inc.		Glenn J. Miller Vice President – Technical Operations and Applied Research
	G. Mark Cullum President Cullum Construction Co., Inc.		Ray S. Naeini Chairman & CEO OnviSource, Inc.
	Richard Dennie President MFC Construction Company		Edwin E. "Boots" Nowlin, Jr. Deutsche Banc Alex Brown
	Walter Downing Executive Vice President Southwest Research Institute		Paul Orsak CEO ZMS Technologies, Inc.
	Lynn Dugle Vice President, NCS Engineering, Technology & Quality Raytheon		Robert Palmer Chairman Emeritus Rowan Companies, Inc.
	Joel Fontenot Director of Business Development Cisco Systems, Inc.		Robert Paluck General Partner CenterPoint Ventures
	Darab (“Rob”) Ganji Partner and Executive Vice President Best Associates		Len Paton Parks Paton Hoepfl & Brown
	Val Gavito, Ph.D. Senior Vice President Technology and Strategic Development L3 Integrated Systems		Mike Pegues Shareholder Munsch Hardt Kopf and Harr P.C.
	Henry Gilchrist Hunton & Williams LLP		Beth Perry VP, Engineering Capella Photonics
	David Godbey U.S. District Judge Northern District of Texas		Jerry W. Ragsdale Major General, USAF, Ret. Oakmont Capital Group
	Bella Goren Senior Vice President, Customer Relationship Marketing and Reservations American Airlines		Richard L. Rotto Founder, Chairman and Retired CEO of Trussway Ltd.
	Milledge A. Hart, III Chairman of the Board Hart Group, Inc. and Rmax		Karen L. Shuford Hillcrest Foundation
	Fred Hegi Founding Partner Wingate Partners		Erich G. Smith
	Ray Hood President & CEO Media Publisher, Inc.		William T. Solomon Retired Chairman of the Board Austin Industries
	Hunter Hunt President Hunt Power, L.P.		Clif Triplett Corporate Vice President Motorola Corporation
	Ron Jenkins RBJ Consulting		Russell Vacante, Ph.D. Director, Sector Leadership Strategic Planning Group Defense Acquisition University
	J. Charles Jennett President Emeritus Texas A&M International University		James F. Watson Associate Vice President, Technology Development UT Southwestern Medical Center
	Linda Jennett Former President Environmental Partners		Jeff Weiser President First Choice Power
	Paul A. Johnson Rogers-O’Brien		Charles W. Whitten, M.D. Interim Chairman/Professor U.T. Southwestern Medical Center
	Tom Klein Group President Sabre Travel Network & Sabre Airline Solutions		Greg Wilkinson Chief Executive Officer Hill & Wilkinson, Inc.
	Andy Lane		Robert Zollars President Huitt-Zollars, Inc.