Advisory Board Statement of Purpose

To provide a forum for the collection and expression of opinions and recommendations on matters of alumni engagement and participation, fund raising, recruiting, increasing program awareness, enhancing involvement with K-12 engineering initiatives, and promoting mentoring activities with current and prospective underrepresented engineering students throughout the nation. 

 

Board Members

 

Pam Boyd, Distribution Manager 

Alabama Power Company

 

Dan Bush, Associate Director of Development

Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

 

Kevin Chapman, GCSD &

Senior Engineering Manager

Harris Corporation

 

Amy Dobbs, Lead Staffing Manager

Human Resources

AT&T HR Talent Operations

AT&T Alabama

 

Steve Duke, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Academics

Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

 

Jeffrey Fergus, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Assessment

Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

 

Alison Frazier, Engineering Manager

City of Auburn

 

Tom Garrett, Chief HR Officer

Brasfield & Gorrie

 

Jim Heilbron, Senior Vice President &

Senior Production Officer

Southern Company

 

Bob Karcher, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean of Students

Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

 

Kenneth Kelly, Business Development Manager

Southern Power Company

 

Mark Murphy, General Manager

AT&T Connected Communities

AT&T Georgia

 

Monica Parnell, Sr. Contract Manager

AT&T Southeast Region

AT&T Alabama

 

Eugene Robinson, GSC Information Technology

ExxonMobil Chemical Company

 

Cheryl Seals, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Computer Science & Software

Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

 

Dale Smithers, IP & Portfolio Manager

Specialty Plastics

Eastman Chemical Company

 

K-Rob Thomas, Area Transmission Maintenance Manager

Alabama Power Company

 

Chris Timpson, Technical Services Manager

TenCate Water & Environment

 

Membership Application

The advisory board meets twice annually, once in the spring and once in the fall. The advisory board member application process opens in December. The application deadline is the last day of January. Applications are reviewed prior to the spring advisory board meeting, and based on the selections new appointees are announced in July. Three members are selected each year to maintain a maximum 25-person advisory board.