The Georgia Tech Advisory Board (GTAB) is composed of some sixty regional, national, and international members with diverse leadership roles in business, government, and academia.

Members are elected for a three-year term, and a limited number may be invited to serve a second consecutive term.

GTAB meets twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring.

Georgia Tech Advisory Board Member List

2025 – 2026

Salvatore "Sal" Abbate, IE 1991
Chief Executive Officer
Veritiv Corporation
Atlanta, Georgia

Michael Alesandro, ME 1983
President and CEO
iSoft Solutions LLC
Melville, New York

Salil "Sal" Arora, CMPE 2003 & M.S. ECE 2004
Senior Partner
McKinsey & Company
Atlanta, Georgia

Chloe Barzey
Senior Managing Director
Accenture
Atlanta, Georgia

Alexia B. Borden, IE 2001
Chief Administrative Officer
Brasfield & Gorrie
Birmingham, Alabama

Anne Chow (Chair)
Former Chief Executive Officer, AT&T Business
Independent Board Director: FranklinCovey, 3M, CSX
Dallas, Texas

Mary Beth Coke, MGT 2003
Executive Vice President; Commercial Banking District Director Ga/Car
Regions Bank
Atlanta, Georgia

Stanley "Stan" W. Connally Jr., ME 1993
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Southern Company
Birmingham, Alabama

Stacey Dixon, MS ME 1995, PHD ME 2000
Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Washington, DC

Carl "Winn" E. Everhart, ME 2001
President & Chief Executive Officer
Tarkett North America
Saint Joseph, Michigan

Robert "Bob" C. Frenzel, Jr., IE 1992
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Xcel Energy, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Anthony “Tony” G. Frese, AE 1983 & M.S. AE 1989
Retired
Lockheed Martin
Marietta, Georgia

Maxine Y. Graham, EE 1991
Chief IP Counsel
American Express Company
New York, New York

Lakecia N. Gunter, M.S. EE 1996
Tech Chief Technology Officer & Corporate Board Director
IDEX Coor - Board Director
Hillsboro, Oregon

Sarah Hallac
Consultant
BlackRock
New York, New York

Richard "Scott" Herren, IE 1984 
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia

Charles L. Isbell, Jr., ICS 1990
Chancellor
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Madison, Wisconsin

Alan Kirshenbaum
Chief Financial Officer
Blue Owl Capital Inc.
Short Hills, New Jersey

John E. Laughter, AE 1993
Executive Vice President & Chief of Operations
Delta Air Lines
Atlanta, Georgia

Mojgan M. Lefebvre, ICS 1990
Executive Vice President & Chief Technology & Operations Officer
The Travelers Insurance Group Inc.
Boston, Massachusetts  

Sandra "Sandy" H. Magnus, Ph.D. CERE 1996
Principal
AstroPlanetview, LLC
Reston, Virginia

Michael Alesandro, EE 2004
Santa Monica, California

Michelle D. Mason, CHE 1985
Senior Market Development Leader
ExxonMobil Corporation
Spring, Texas 

Gary S. May, EE 1985
Chancellor
University of California, Davis
Davis, California

Roberto Mercade, IE 1990
President, The McDonald's Division
The Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta, Georgia

Valerie C. Montgomery Rice, M.D., CHEM 1983
President & Dean
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Mark D. Morelli, ME 1987
President & Chief Executive Officer 
Vontier
Raleigh, North Carolina

Blake Moret, ME 1985
Chairman and CEO
Rockwell Automation
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Allen Morris, BMGT 1975
Chairman and CEO
The Allen Morris Company
Coral Gables, Florida

Angela G. Nelms, BMED 2007
Director
Biolocity
Atlanta, Georgia

Darlene J. Nicosia, M.S. MGT 1994
Chief Executive Officer
Hearthside Food Solutions
Atlanta, Georgia

Diana C. Orrego-Moore, M.S. IE 2001 & MBA 2009
Vice President, Supply Chain Optimization & Emerging Technology
Cencora
Goshen, Connecticut 

Stephen V. Pair, CS 1994
Chief Executive Officer
BitPay, Inc.
Alpharetta, Georgia

Aparna Pappu, MS CS 1999
Former Vice President
Google, LLC
New York, New York

Sue E. Payne, PHYS 1975
Retired
Houston, Texas

Blake V. Peck, M.S. CE 1978
Founder
McDonough Bolyard Peck, Inc.
Greensboro, Georgia

José Domingo Perez, CE 1971
President
Caribe Tecno, Inc.
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Matthew R. Price, IMGT 1978
President
PeopleFirst Staffing
Sarasota, Florida

Githesh Ramamurthy, MS ICS 1983
Chairman and CEO
CCC Information Services Inc
Chicago, Illinois

Kenneth Ramirez, EE 1991
Global Executive Vice President
Hyundai Motor Group
Seoul, South Korea

Alejandro Reynal, ME 1994 & M.S. ME 1996
President & Chief Executive Officer
Four Seasons
Miami, Florida

Vicente Reynal, ME 1995
Chair & Chief Executive Officer
Ingersoll Rand
Davidson, North Carolina

Jean Marie M. Richardson, MGT 2002
Chief Executive Officer
iFOLIO
Atlanta, Georgia

Norberto Sanchez, MSME 1981, MSIE 1984
Chief Executive Officer
Norsan Group
Duluth, Georgia

Rajiv "Raj" Sardana, ME 1982
Chief Executive Officer
Innova Solutions
Atlanta, Georgia

Nashlie H. Sephus, M.S. ECE 2010, Ph.D. ECE 2014
Principal AI / ML Evangelist for Amazon AI and founder & CEO of The Bean Path
Amazon and The Bean Path
Atlanta, Georgia

Teresa H. Shea, EE 1981
President
Oplnet LLC
Arlington, Virginia

Luis Silberwasser, IE 1986
President, Telemundo Network
NBC Universal, LLC
Hialeah, Florida

Timothy "Tim" D. Vanderham
Chief Operating Officer
Featurespace
Atlanta, Georgia

Sophia M. Velastegui, ME 1998
Former General Manager of AI Products & Chief AI Technology Officer
Microsoft
Boston, Massachusetts

James "Ben" B. Wauford, ARCH 1979 & M ARCH 1981
Retired Principal
Cooper Carry, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Roxanne D. Westendorf, CHE 1981
Board of Directors
Brewers Association
Cincinnati, Ohio

Kevin M. Widmaier, PUBP 2008
Partner, Head of Portfolio Management
BBR Partners
New York, New York