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College Leadership Team

  • Kathryn Elizabeth Caggiano

    Kathryn Caggiano

    Associate Dean for M.Eng. Programs Professor of Practice

  • Erica Dawson

    Erica Dawson

    Assistant Dean and Director of the Selander Center of Engineering Leadership Professor of Practice

  • Silvia Ferrari

    Silvia Ferrari

    Associate Dean for Cross-Campus Engineering Research John Brancaccio Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Emmanuel P. Giannelis

    Emmanuel P. Giannelis

    Director, Office of Innovation Director, Engineering Innovations in Medicine Walter R. Read Professor of Engineering

  • Reeve Hamilton

    Reeve Hamilton

    Assistant Dean of Marketing and Communications

  • Hadas Kress-Gazit

    Hadas Kress-Gazit

    Associate Dean for Diversity and Academic Affairs Geoffrey S.M. Hedrick Senior Endowed Professor

  • Erin Mulrooney

    Erin Mulrooney

    Associate Dean for Administration

  • Lois Pollack

    Lois Pollack

    Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies John Edson Sweet Professor of Engineering

  • Amie Prince

    Amie Prince

    Chief of Staff

  • Headshot of Stephen Smith

    Stephen Smith

    Associate Dean of Alumni Affairs and Development

  • Miranda Swanson

    Miranda Swanson

    Associate Dean for Student Services

  • Alan Taylor Zehnder

    Alan Taylor Zehnder

    Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs Professor

Directors and Chairs

  • Alyssa B. Apsel

    Alyssa B. Apsel

    Ellis L. Phillips Sr. Director of Electrical and Computer Engineering IBM Professor of Engineering

    School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Susan Daniel

    Susan Daniel

    William C. Hooey Director of the R.F. Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Fred H. Rhodes Professor of Chemical Engineering

    R.F. Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

  • David Erickson

    David Erickson

    S.C. Thomas Sze Director of the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Sibley College Professor of Mechanical Engineering

    Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Lara A. Estroff

    Lara A. Estroff

    Chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering Herbert Fisk Johnson Professor of Industrial Chemistry

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering

  • Claudia Fischbach

    Claudia Fischbach

    James M. and Marsha McCormick Family Director of the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering Stanley Bryer 1946 Professor of Biomedical Engineering

    Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering

  • H. Oliver Gao

    H. Oliver Gao

    Director, Systems Engineering Program Director, Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health Associate Director, Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy Howard Simpson Professor of Engineering

    Engineering Management Program School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Systems Engineering Program

  • Natalie M. Mahowald

    Natalie M. Mahowald

    Chair of the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Irving Porter Church Professor in Engineering

    Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

  • Linda K. Nozick

    Linda K. Nozick

    Director of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor

    Engineering Management Program School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • David P. Williamson

    David Williamson

    Director of the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering Professor

    School of Operations Research and Information Engineering

  • Chris Xu

    Chris Xu

    Director of the School of Applied and Engineering Physics Mong Family Foundation Director of Cornell Neurotech – Engineering IBM Professor of Engineering

    School of Applied and Engineering Physics

  • Lorenzo Alvisi

    Lorenzo Alvisi

    Chair of the Department of Computer Science Tisch University Professor

  • C. Lindsay Anderson

    C. Lindsay Anderson

    Chair of the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering Professor, Biological and Environmental Engineering House Professor Dean, William Keeton House

Engineering College Council

The Engineering College Council was created as an advisory board to the dean in the 1940s, during the administration of Solomon Cady Hollister. It was among Cornell’s first college advisory councils. The membership of the council includes people — both alumni and non-alumni — from industry and academia. The council advises the college administration on long-range planning and development in critical and strategic areas, including instruction, research, and industry collaboration.

  • Lynden A. Archer (Ex Officio)

    Cornell Engineering
    Ithaca, NY

  • Lisa Walker ’86 (Chair)

    DHR International
    Chicago, IL

  • Paul Hayre ’91 (Vice Chair)

    Harvard Grid
    Wellesley, MA

  • Amy Bunszel ’89

    Autodesk
    San Francisco, CA

  • Frank DeCosta ’85, M.Eng. ’86

    Finnegan, LLP
    Washington, DC

  • Linda Schadler Feist ’85

    University of Vermont
    Burlington, VT

  • Michele A. Fichtl-Kaliski ’85

    Kaliski Fichtl Innovation Fund
    New York, NY

  • Erin Fischell ’10

    Acbotics Research, LLC
    East Falmouth, MA

  • David M. Fried ’98, M.Eng. ’99, M.S. ’03, Ph.D. ’04

    Lam Research Corporation
    Fremont, CA

  • Frank Fu ’06, M.Eng. ’06

    CaaS Capital Management
    New York, NY

  • Peter F. Green, M.S. ’83, Ph.D. ’85

    National Renewable Energy Laboratory
    Lakewood, CO

  • Ken Goldman ’71

    Hillspire
    Menlo Park, CA

  • Kevin P.B. Johnson ’88

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
    Redwood City, CA

  • Debra Kemper ’88

    Golden Seeds Venture Fund
    Boston, MA

  • Sara Kendall ’00

    Turner
    New York, NY

  • Aref Lahham, M.Eng. ’86

    Orion Capital Managers
    London, UK

  • Yvonne Lee, M.Eng. ’94

    Vega Management
    New York, NY

  • James McCormick ’05, M.Eng. ’06

    D&A Development Partners
    New York, NY

  • Sudesh Mariappa ’82, MBA ’86

    PIMCO
    Newport Beach, CA

  • Douglas Merrill ’89, M.Eng. ’91, MBA ’91

    Semiprobe
    Shelburne, VT

  • Stephen Mong ’92, M.Eng. ’93, MBA ’02

    Orien Capital Management LLC
    New York, NY

  • Andreas Mustad ’94

    Nexwell Holdings
    Coral Gables, FL

  • Christine Ortiz, M.S. ’95, Ph.D. ’97

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Wakefield, MA

  • Raj Patel ’93

    Farallon Capital Management
    San Francisco, CA

  • Marlene Quijano ’85

    Kraft Foods Group (Retired)
    Harrington Park, NJ

  • Samuel Ramos ’82

    Global Atlantic Financial Group
    New York, NY

  • Fazeela Abdul Rashid ’01

    Revolution Growth
    Washington, DC

  • Diego Rey, Ph.D. ’10

    EndPoint Health
    Palo Alto, CA

  • Neil Robertson ’82

    Western Digital
    San Francisco, CA

  • Rebecca “Beckie” Robertson ’82

    Versant Ventures
    San Francisco, CA

  • Pat Sapinsley

    NYU Urban Future Lab
    New York, NY

  • Robert W. Selander ’72

    Mastercard (Retired)
    Greenwich, CT

  • Dmitri Shklovsky ’98, M.Eng. ’02

    GPS Investment Partners
    New York, NY

  • Keith Shoates ’86, M.Eng. ’87

    Vista Equity Partners
    Austin, TX

  • Elaine Tam ’98

    Thermo Fisher Scientific
    Wayne, NJ

  • Rick Tsai, Ph.D. ’81

    MediaTek, Inc.
    Taipei, Taiwan

  • Molly Tschang ’85

    Say It Skillfully, Inc.
    Cary, NC

  • Brett Wood ’85

    Toyota Material Handling
    Columbus, IN