Advisory Board
Our Industry Advisory Board is a select group of engineers, scientists and business professionals who dedicate a portion of their time and expertise to enhancing the quality of our programs.
The board undertakes activities designed to:
- Strengthen, through their expertise and advice, the educational and research programs of the school
- Contribute to both the intellectual and personal growth of our students by offering educational opportunities outside the classroom setting
- Assist the Head of School in identifying strategies to increase the impact of School programs and to ensure they are critical to meeting workforce needs
- Advocate for the School within the college, the broader university and the community
Board of Advisors
Chair
Dr. Robert Hodson
NASA Technical Fellow for Avionics
NASA Langley Research Center
Vice Chair
Nate Fontaine
Cyber Senior Advisor
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Members
Lowell Asher
Project leader and multi-discipline systems engineer
MITRE
Shilpa Bahethi, MD
CEO, Director
Science Systems and Application, Inc. (SSAI), Bahethi Family Foundation
Belinda Donavant
Senior Director, Product Engineering
Canon Virginia, Inc.
Latifa Elouadrhiri
Senior staff scientist, Hall B
Jefferson Lab
James Holloway
Director, nuclear engineering
Dominion Energy
Mike Johnson
Distinguished Engineer I
Geico
Malcom Jones
Senior Manager of Product Management, ESPN Video Product
Disney
Tom Marsden
Vice President
Marathon Consulting
Virginia Matalevich
Engineering Manager
Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries
Gerald McAlister
Software Engineer
Meta
Dave McBride
Senior Technical Advisor
SSAI
Thomas McCreary
Principal Partner Technical Sales
IBM Federal
Tim Michalski
Director of Engineering
Psionic Navigation
Lisa Monaco
Vice president and deputy general manager
Amentum
Allan Pedin IV
CEO
CipherPlay
Monte Robinson
President
Robinson Engineering, Inc.
Mitch Salopek
Chief Technology Officer
Andworx
91探花 Williamson
Senior Director
KBR, Inc.