Engineering Leadership Council

    The Samueli School of Engineering Dean's Leadership Council is a distinguished group of thought leaders whose industry expertise, community engangement and entrepreneurial endeavors support, inspire and promote the school's vision.
     

    Membership

    Engineering initiatives touch almost every sector of Orange County and the nation's economy. Council members include experienced professionals in traditional fields of engineering; engineers and managers of high technology and biomedical companies; venture capitalists; and other prominent members of the Orange County business community.
     

    Current Members
     

    Tom Ambrose
    Broadcom Ltd.

    Don Beall (Retired)
    Rockwell

    Gregory Brand (Retired)
    DRS Defense Solutions

    Jake Bredsguard
    Biosynthetic

    Roger Brum
    Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc.

    Al Bunshaft
    Dassault Systèmes

    Bill Carpou
    OCTANe

    Ray Chan
    K5 Ventures

    Dan Cregg
    Insteon

    Mark T. Czaja
    Parker Hannifin Corp.

    Troy Edwards
    Michael Baker International

    Feyzi Fatehi
    Corent Technology, Inc.

    Bruce Feuchter
    Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

    Peter M. Fiacco
    Executive Technical Consulting

    Nabeel Gareeb
    The Gareeb Family Foundation

    Deepak Garg
    Smart Energy Water

    Judy Greenspon
    NPI Services, Inc.

    Jai Hakhu
    Horiba International Corp.

    Bernard Harguindeguy
    Atlantis Computing, Inc.

    J.D. Harriman
    Foundation Law Group LLP

    Michel R. Kamel
    MelRok, LLC

    Joe Kiani
    Masimo

    Scott Kitcher
    Sustain OC

    Robert Kleist (Retired)
    Printronix, Inc.

    Steve Kovacic
    Skyworks Solutions

    John Labib
    John Labib + Associates

    William J. Link
    Versant Ventures

    Ivan Madera
    MORF3D

    Ramin Massoumi
    Iteris

    James Mulato 
    Astronics Test Systems

    Michael A. Mussallem
    Edwards Lifesciences Corp.

    Rabi Narula
    Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

    Denys Oberman
    Oberman Strategy and Financial Advisors

    Al Pedroza
    The Boeing Company

    Anoosheh Oskouian
    Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc.

    Stacey Nicholas
    Opus Foundation

    Robert J. Phillippy
    Newport Corp.

    Henry Samueli
    Broadcom Ltd.

    Tudy Bedou
    Thales InFlyt Experience

    Amit Shah
    Artiman Ventures

    Paul N. Singarella
    Latham & Watkins, LLP

    Gerald R. Solomon
    Samueli Foundation

    James P. Spoto
    Integra Devices

    Richard Sudek
    UCI Applied Innovation

    Landon Taylor
    Base 11

    Vincent L. Thomas
    Rockwell Collins

    Maria Tirabassi
    Northrop Grumman

    John Tracy (Retired)
    The Boeing Company

    Rob Valle 
    Mazda North American Operations

    Derrick Waters 
    UPS

    Joan Wada 
    The Boeing Company

    James Watson 
    CMTC

    Larry Williams 
    ANSYS