Industry Advisory Boards for the University
Embry-Riddle invites executives and other leaders from the aviation and aerospace industries to act as advisors for our academic programs. We believe that frequent feedback from our industry advisors helps ensure that current and future curriculum meets the needs of all the industries Embry-Riddle serves. Advisory board members often visit the campuses to share their experiences with students and faculty.
- College of Aviation
- Aerospace Engineering Daytona Beach
- Aerospace Engineering Prescott
- Civil Engineering
- College of Business Daytona Beach
- Business Administration Prescott
- Communicaton
- Computer Engineering & Software Engineering
- Electrical Engineering & Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering
- Engineering Physics
- Global Security & Intelligence Studies
- Human Factors
- Business Administration Worldwide
College of Aviation
- Frank Ayers
- Chair, Flight Department
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Daytona Beach, FL - Larry Baker
- Vice President of Operations
Stevens Aviation
Conestee, SC - Robert Bentley
- Sr. Technical Advisor
Southwest Airlines
Dallas, TX - Walter Berchtold
- Cessna Aircraft Co.
Orlando, FL - David Billingsley
- National Weather Service
Southern Region Headquarters
Fort Worth, TX - Bruce Blair
- Tower Chief
Daytona Beach Terminal Approach
Control
Daytona Beach, FL - Tim Brady
- Dean, College of Aviation
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Daytona Beach, FL - Kevin S. Brown
- Vice President, General Manager
Boeing Air Traffic Management
Herndon, VA - Mark P. Brown
- Manager, FS Investigation/Data
American Eagle Airlines Inc.
DFW Airport, TX - Jim Buckalew
- Director, Maintenance Planning
AirTran Airways
Atlanta, GA - Captain Dave Bushy
- V.P. Flight Operations
JetBlue
Forest Hills, NY - John Carter
- Human Resources Advisor
Bombardier Business Aviation Services
Windsor Locks, CT - John Coon
- CE Avionics Inc.
Sanford, FL - Captain Robert A. Coulter
- Director of Operations
Independence Air
Dulles, VA - Robert Cunningham
- Aviation Safety Inspector, FAA
Orlando, FL - Captain John R. Dillman
- Chief Pilot
Altria Corporate Services Inc.
White Plains, NY - Eric S. Doten
- President
Doten and Associates
St. Augustine, FL - Colin Ebert
- Manpower Planning Supervisor
TIMCO
Greensboro, NC - Andrew Edman
- Chief, Scientific Services Division
National Weather Service, Western
Region
Fort Worth, TX - Gerald (Jerry) Elder
- Vice President, Membership
Airline Dispatchers Federation
Tyrone, GA - Sumi Fonseka
- Supervisor, Electronic Systems
Installation
Gulfstream Aircraft Inc.
Savannah, GA - John A. Frasca
- Vice President
Frasca International
Urbana, IL - Loren Friedle
- Owner
CE Avionics Inc.
Sanford, FL - Mark Friend
- Chair, Applied Aviation Sciences
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Daytona Beach, FL - Ron Frola
- Assistant Professor, Aeronautical Science
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Prescott, AZ - Frank Fuller
- Assistant Superintendent for
Non-Traditional Schools
Okaloosa District Schools
Fort Walton Beach, FL - Don Gaetz
- Superintendent of Schools
Okaloosa Schools
Fort Walton Beach, FL - David Garrison
- Director, Engineering and Training
Delta Air Lines
Atlanta, GA - Steven Hampton
- Assistant Dean for Research
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Daytona Beach, FL - Cass Howell
- Chair, Aeronautical Science
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Daytona Beach, FL - Sean Jeralds
- Chair, Flight Department
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Prescott, AZ
- Bruce Jones
- Manager, Domestic Fleet Sales
Cessna Aircraft Company
Wichita, KS - Captain Danny Keller
- Chief Pilot
Southwest Airlines Phoenix
Dallas, TX - David King
- FAA
Orlando, FL - Mike Klasing
- President
Aircraft Maintenance Training Institute
Casselberry, FL - Chris Larson
- President
International Turbine Coatings
Haines City, FL - John A. Lauber
- Vice President, Safety & Technical Affairs
Airbus North America
Washington, DC - Dennis Lessard
- Assistant Professor and Chair
Aeronautical Science Department
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Prescott, AZ - Jackie Luedtke
- Dean and Professor, College of Aviation
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Prescott, AZ - Joseph Luisi
- Chief of Meteorology
Delta Air Lines
Atlanta, GA - Robert Mackay
- Director, Flight Training Center
Operations
United Airlines
Denver, CO - Robert Manelski
- Director
Boeing Operations Center
Seattle, WA - Jim Melton
- Swissport USA Inc.
Sanford, FL - Fred Mirgle
- Chair, Aviation Maintenance Science
Department
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Daytona Beach, FL - Dave Morrow
- Manager, Human Resources
New Piper Corp.
Vero Beach, FL - Peter Morton
- Director, Special Projects
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Daytona Beach, FL - Gary Northam
- Chair and Professor, Safety Science
Department
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Prescott, AZ - Kenneth E. Parsons
- Assistant Professor of Meteorology
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Prescott, AZ - Dan M. Robertson
- Intern Coordinator
Atlantic Southeast Airlines
Atlanta, GA - Frank Richey
- Associate Dean, College of Aviation
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Daytona Beach, FL - William Roeder
- Weather Service Manager
Patrick AFB
Patrick AFB, FL - Kent Roper
- Southwest Airlines
Indianapolis, IN - Ross L. Saddlemire
- Manager, Advanced Qualifications
Branch
Federal Aviation Administration
Dulles, VA - Nick Sergi
- Flight Safety International
Ormond Beach, FL - Captain Peter Silliman
- Pilot
ATA Airlines
Indianapolis, IN - Mark Sinclair
- Chair, Department of Meteorology
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Prescott, AZ - Jim Sokol
- Vice President, Maintenance &
Engineering
Southwest Airlines
Dallas, TX - Jim Starley
- Senior Director, Flight Operations
Continental Airlines
Houston, TX - Fred Tilton
- Deputy Federal Air Surgeon
Federal Aviation Administration
Washington, DC - Richard Walsch
- Director, Flight Center Operations
United Airlines
Denver, CO - Brian Wilson
- Flight Standards
Atlantic Southeast Airlines
Atlanta, GA - Rick Zelenka
- Director, Strategy & Teaming
Boeing Air Traffic Management
McLean, VA
Aerospace Engineering Daytona Beach
- Don Althen
- The Boeing Company
St. Louis, MO - Rany Azzi
- Senior Airframe Engineer
Federal Aviation Administration
Atlanta, GA - Benjamin E. Goldberg
- Director of Engineering and Research
Pratt & Whitney
West Palm Beach, FL - Allen Haggerty
- Retired
The Boeing Company
Mystic, CT - Eric Horton
- Lockheed Martin
Fort Worth, TX - C. Russell Joyner
- Pratt & Whitney
West Palm Beach, FL - Harold A. Kosola
- President
Kosola and Associates
Albany, GA - Chuck Larsen
- Aerospace Engineering
Federal Aviation Administration
Washington, DC
- Christina Marsh
- Branch Manager Propulsion
Federal Aviation Administration
Atlanta, GA - Bill Mitchell
- Pratt & Whitney
West Palm Beach, FL - Glenn D. Morris
- Retired
Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems
Fort Worth, TX - William Morris
- Kennedy Space Center
Melbourne, FL - Kevin R. Niewoehner
- President and Chief Executive Officer
Institute for Scientific Research Inc.
Fairmont, WV - Louis A. Povinelli
- Chief Scientist
Turbomachinery and Propulsion Systems
NASA Lewis Research Center
Cleveland, OH - Robert E. Shannon, P.E.
- Siemens Power Generation Inc.
Orlando, FL - Wei Shyy
- Professor and Chair, University of Michigan
Aerospace Engineering Department
Ann Harbor, MI
Aerospace Engineering Prescott
- Edward Carroll
- Senior Manager, Apache Program
Engineering
Boeing Company
Mesa, AZ - Dan Coughlin
- Engineer
Northrop Grumman Space Technology
Redondo Beach, CA - Zack Crues
- Robotic Specialist
NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX - Yvonne Findley
- University Relations & Recruitment Lead
Northrop Grumman Corp.
El Segundo, CA - Jeff Jansen
- Quality Director of Original Equipment
Manufacturing
Honeywell Aerospace
Tempe, AZ
- Kurt Nichol
- President
Experimental Design & Analysis
Solutions Inc.
Brentwood, TN - A.J. Olson
- Flight Sciences Engineer
Aviation Technology Group Inc.
Englewood, CO - Roger Olson
- Lead Stress Engineer
Rolls-Royce Corp.
Indianapolis, IN - Jim Ueda
- Director of Airframe Integration
Northrop Grumman Corp.
El Segundo, CA - John Volk
- Consultant
AeroVironment
Monrovia, CA
Civil Engineering
- Maryam Ghyabi, P.E.
- Gyabi and Associates
Ormond Beach, FL - Gordy Houser, P.E.
- Operations Manager
Global Position Satellites
Lockheed Martin Aerospace
Cape Canaveral, FL - Jeff Quinn
- Engineering Manager, Ground Systems
Lockheed Martin Aerospace
Cape Canaveral, FL
College of Business Daytona Beach
- Barbara L. Beyer
- President
Avmark Inc.
Arlington, VA - James Buckalew
- Air Tran Airways Inc.
Atlanta, GA - Damon J. D’Agostino
- Vice President
CIT Aerospace
Fort Lauderdale, FL - Mohamed Elamiri
- Director, Air Transport Bureau
International Civil Aviation
Organization
Montreal, Quebec, Canada - C. Richard Hale
- President and Chief Operating Office
Winner Aviation Corp.
Vienna, OH - Michael Hanke
- Manager, International E-Commerce
United Airlines
Chicago, IL - Michael Henderlong
- Executive Director & Loan Sales
Manager
Morgan Stanley Global Sales & Trading
New York, NY - Benno D. Hoffmann
- Managing Director,
GAC German Airport Consulting GmbH
Hamburg, Germany - Barry Humphreys
- Director, Government and
External Affairs
Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd.
West Sussex, UK
- Samuel Ingalls
- Aviation Information Systems
McCarran International Airport
Las Vegas, NV - Kelly Ison
- US Airways
Bromborough, UK - Peter Modys
- Aviation Division Director
Lee County Port Authority
Fort Myers, FL - David M. North
- Aerospace Consultants
McLean, VA - Christopher A. O’Gwen
- Vice President
Regional Manager, XL Aerospace
New York, NY - Phillip D. Roberts
- Vice President and Managing Partner
Unisys R2A Transportation
Management Consultants
Unisys Corp.
Oakland, CA - Zane Rowe
- Staff Vice President
Financial Planning and Analysis
Continental Airlines
Houston, TX - Joyce Rozewski
- KSC-MA/Manager, SSP Logistics
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
Kennedy Space Center, FL - George H. Snyder Jr.
- Senior Vice President
Safety and Regulatory Compliance
Korean Airlines
Seoul, Korea - Pierre L. Volosin
- Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
Regional Director Marketing
Seattle, WA - Owen S. Wargo
- Hampson Aerospace Inc.
Lantana, TX - Helen A. Weston
- Quality Program Director
Airbus North America
Reston, VA
Business Administration Prescott
- Robyn Killian
- Manager, Contracts & Negotiations
Lead Negotiator
JetBlue Airways Corporation
Long Island, NY - Samuel Ingalls
- Assistant Director of Aviation
Information Systems
Las Vegas McCarran International
Airport
Clark County, NV - Pierre Volosin
- Regional Director
Marketing - Commercial Airplanes
The Boeing Company
Seattle, WA - Thomas Romig
- Manager, IT, Safety and Cargo
ACI World Headquarters
Geneva, Switzerland - John Paulick
- Senior Vice President
Technology Manager
1st National Bank of Arizona
Tempe, AZ - Mike Ehl
- Director of Operations
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Issaquah, WA
- Jeffrey S. Tripp, A.A.E.
- Airport Projects Supervisor
Falcon Field Airport
Mesa, AZ - Carson Benner
- Vice President - Materials
Evergreen International Airlines
McMinnville, OR - John Stonesipher
- President
Guidance Helicopters
Ernest A. Love Field
Prescott, AZ - Jim Anderson
- Senior Vice President
AGI Aviation, Inc.
Scottsdale, AZ 85254 - Tommy Littlejohn
- Director of Flight Operations
Honeywell Aerospace
Phoenix, AZ
Communicaton
- Sheila Chamberlain
- Director
We Help CDC
Belle Glade, FL - Ashlee C. Ilg
- Communications Specialist
ERAU Alumni Relations
Stockbridge, GA - Elena Jarvis
- Associate Professor of Journalism
Daytona Beach Community College
Daytona Beach, FL - Tim Kincaid
- Manager, Public Relations
American Airlines/AMR Corp.
Ft. Worth, TX - Amy Laboda
- Aviation for Women, Editor
N. Fort Myers, FL
- Dan Ronan
- Senior Reporter, WFAA-TV
Lewisville, TX - Drew Steketee
- CEO, Be A Pilot
Washington, DC - Donald S. Tilden
- Manager, Flight Operations Publications
Flight Training Center
Dallas, TX - Philip Tompkins
- Organizational Communications
Specialist
Denver, CO - Benet J. Wilson
- Senior Manager, Public Relations
Delta Air Lines
Atlanta, GA
Computer Engineering & Software Engineering
- Mary Bruno
- Director, Career, Technical, and
Community Education
Volusia County School Board
Daytona Beach, FL - David Card
- Fellow
Software Productivity Consortium
Herndon, VA - Chuck Cone
- Chair, Electrical/Computer Engineering
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Prescott, AZ - Larry Druffel
- President and Director
SCRA
Columbia, SC - Charles Engle
- VP Operations & CIO
Medical Artificial Intelligence
Orlando, FL - Carl Finney
- Executive VP, CTO/CSA
Soneticom
West Melbourne, FL - John Foreman
- Program Director, Dynamic Systems
Software Engineering Institute
Pittsburgh, PA - Dennis Frailey
- Principal Fellow
Raytheon Company
Plano, TX - Albert Gallo
- Manager of Software Assurance
Technolgy Center
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD - Douglas Gordon
- Director, Systems Integration
Naval Oceanographic Office
Stennis Space Center, MS - C. Frank Gutcher
- Specialist-Engineering/Scientist
Boeing Corporation
Titusville, FL
- Kevin Hightower
- Systems Engineer
Lockheed Martin Air Traffic Management
Rockville, MD - John M. Hogan
- Consultant
Winter Springs, FL - Watts Humphrey
- Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA - David Jones
- Philips Medical Systems
Andover, MA - Curt Kienast
- Director of Life Sciences
QaAssociates Inc.
Plymouth Meeting, PA - Wesley McDermott
- Manager, Product Development
Guidant Corp.
St. Paul, MN - Deepak Mohan
- Senior Director of Engineering
Veritas Software Corp.
Heathrow, FL - Peter J. Mueller
- Manager
Global Quality Information Systems
Bausch & Lomb
Rochester, NY - Bill Peterson
- Program Director, Software Engineering
Process Management
Software Engineering Institute
Pittsburgh, PA - Del Ransom
- Professor Emeritus
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Satellite Beach, FL - Gregory S. Recker
- Director, Software & Platform Products
Raydon Corp.
Daytona Beach, FL - Gary E. Rivord
- Deputy Director of Information Systems
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, NM - Glenn Rosander
- Booz, Allen, and Hamilton
Rockville, MD - Michael Sarchet
- Lieutenant Colonel
National Reconnaissance Office
Chantilly, VA - John Schmidt
- Director, Software Development
Guidant Corporation
St. Paul, MN - Girish Seshagiri
- CEO, Advanced Information Services
Peoria, IL - Howard L. Wood
- Manager, Regulatory & Compliance
Engineer
Sparton Electronics
DeLeon Springs, FL
Electrical Engineering & Mechanical Engineering
- Diarmuid R. Strasser
- Senior Systems Engineer/ A&P Mechanic
Systems Engineering
Rockwell Collins
Cedar Rapids, IA - Brian Lojko
- Air Vehicle Integration PDT Lead
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.
Savannah, GA - Edward Kirchner
- Technical Manager, Electromagnetics &
Flight Avionics Design
Northrop Grumman
Melbourne, FL
- Irving Abel
- Retired
NASA Langley Research Center
Ormond Beach, FL - Jim W. Scandlin
- Manager, Maintenance Programs and
Reliability Engineering
ATA
Indianapolis, IN - Riaz H. Zaidi
- Project Engineer/Scientist
Boeing Company
St. Louis, MO
Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering
- Jerry Davies
- Senior Manager, Vehicle Managements
Systems Integrated Product Team
Boeing Company
Mesa, AZ - Col. Ken Hollenbeck
- Professor of Aviation Science
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Prescott, AZ - Gary Kivela
- Vice President (Retired)
Honeywell
Phoenix, AZ
- Roman Jamrogiewicz
- Vice President, Engineering, Defense, and Space
Honeywell
Phoenix, AZ - Peter Johnston
- Technology Department Leader
Arizona Public Service
Phoenix, AZ
Engineering Physics
- Richard Bevilacqua
- Chief, Remote Sensing Physics Branch
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC - David Butler
- President, Limit Point Systems Inc.
Livermore, CA - Herbert C. Carlson
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Chief Scientist
Arlington, VA - Douglas P. Drob
- Research Physicist
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC - Sam Durrance
- Director, Florida Space Research Institute
Director, Florida Space Grant
Consortium
Kennedy Space Center, FL - Larry Hughes
- Florida Space Research Institute
Florida Space Grant Consortium
Center for Space Education
Kennedy Space Center, FL
- Hussein Jirdeh Hussein
- Director, University Relations
Universities Space Research Association
Columbia, MD - Dennis McCarthy
- Vice President, Swales Aerospace
Director, Engineering Services
Beltsville, MD - Carl A. Nardell
- Senior Manager, Physics
Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing
Goleta, CA - Andrew Nicholas
- Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC - Larry Paxton
- Applied Physics Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University
Laurel, MD - Oscar Toledo
- Chief Engineer & Director of System
Management
NASA - Drew Weisenberger
- Jefferson Lab Detector Group
Thomas Jefferson National
Accelerator Facility
Newport News, VA - Edward Winkler
- Technical Fellow
Phantom Works, Boeing
St. Louis, MO
Global Security & Intelligence Studies
- Anthony J. Buchla
- Logistics Management
Lockheed Martin
Palmdale, CA - Katie Colberg
- Manager of Strategic Services
ASI Group
Houston, TX - Donald Fleming
- TWA (Retired)
Independent Consultant
New Milford, CT - Dr. Ronald D. Garst
- Provost Emeritus
National Defense Intelligence College
Washington, DC - David S. Komendat
- Director, Enterprise Security Integration
Boeing Corporation
Redmond, WA
- Phillip B. Pounds
- Director, Southwest Operations,
SNVC, L.C.
Phoenix, AZ - Owen Pulliam
- Director, Chief Security Officer
Honeywell International (Aerospace)
Phoenix, AZ - Ray Rhodes
- International Security
ExxonMobil Exploration Corporation
Houston, TX - James Shilling
- Director, Commercial IRCM
Business Development
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Rolling Meadows, IL
Human Factors
- Paul Joly
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
Las Vegas, NV - Georgann Lucariello
- Lockheed Martin Missiles and
Fire Control
Orlando, FL - Russell P. Milham
- Users Experience Researcher
Microsoft Corporation
Redmond, WA - Fred Lupton
- Manager Human Factors Group
Toyota Technical Center
Ann Arbor, MI - Joseph P. Notaro
- Crew Systems Engineer
Naval Air Systems Command
Bensalem, PA
- Robert Osgood
- Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.
Aledo, TX - David L. Post
- Supervisory Principal Industrial
Engineer
Air Force Research Laboratory, Human
Effectiveness Directorate
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH - Eric L. Snyder
- Vice President
Advance Development
Raydon Corp.
Daytona Beach, FL - Joseph V. Vanderville
- Northrop Grumman Corp.
Engineering Process Group
Melbourne, FL - Ed Winkler
- Technical Fellow
Human Systems
St. Peters, MO
Business Administration Worldwide
- Tim Farley
- Director of Project Engineering
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Savannah, GA - Greg Hall
- Vice President, Aircraft Maintenance
Fed Ex Corporation
Memphis, TN - John Halliday
- Rand Corporation
Santa Monica, CA - Robert Kelley
- USAF (ret.)
Gladwyne, PA - Mark Luetkemeyer
- Hitachi Consulting, Aerospace and Defense
Dallas, TX - Robert Mansfield
- USAF (ret.) Director
National Center for Aerospace Leadership
- James McCarthy
- President DAL Global Services
Acworth, GA - Raul Regalado
- President & CEO
Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority
Nashville, TN - Willie Schepens
- USAF (ret.)
Director, Business Development
Boeing
Long Beach, CA - Elizabeth Walker
- Deputy Director, G8
Ft Irwin
U.S. Army
Westlake Village, CA - Jennifer Wise
- Captain
Southwest Airlines
Tulsa, OK
