Dean鈥檚 Advisory Council
The primary mission of Dean鈥檚 Advisory Council is to link the College鈥檚 academic programs with professional and academic communities. The Advisory Council interacts with the Dean and faculty and serves as a resource for the Dean and the College.
The Dean鈥檚 Advisory Council is a distinguished panel of industry, business, and academic leaders, alumni, and friends whose purpose is to help shape the direction of the college by:
- Providing expertise, perspective, and strategic counsel to the dean
- Being a strong and enthusiastic advocate, supporter, and champion for the college
- Promoting the prestige of the college by strengthening our ties to industry, government, community, high schools, and community colleges
- Being engaged in fundraising activities and goals
Membership
- Anil Raj. Founder & Executive Advisor, TAI Engineers, LLC
- Carlin Jacobs, Chief Program Officer, New Orleans Career Center, NOCC
- Franklin Torrealba, PE, ENV SP, Director, 300 Engineering Group
- Kenneth Nelson,President, Waldemar S. Nelson & Co. Inc.
- Kimberly Cook-Nelson, Executive Vice President, Nuclear Operations and Chief Nuclear Officer, Entergy
- Leo Holzenthal, Jr., P.E., President & CEO, MS Benbow & Associates
- Michael Jackson, PMP, CCM, District Manager, Energy Corridor District
- Norm Whitley, Retired Faculty, 亚洲无码
- Rebecca Conwell, President/CEO, The Beach at 亚洲无码
- Robert A. 鈥淏obby鈥 Savoie, PhD, Interim Dean, Loyola College of Business
- Robert Senior, P.E., Chief Financial Officer, Boh Bros. Construction Co., LLC
- Timmy Couvillion, Owner/President/CEO. Couvillion Group, LLC
- Tina Tinney, Chancellor, Nunez Community College
Industrial Advisory Boards
The primary mission of our Industrial Advisory Boards (IAB) is to link our programs with our professional communities. The IAB assists by:
- Promoting awareness locally, regionally, and nationally of the program's projects, awards, recognitions, faculty, and graduates.
- Advising on matters related to our academic programs, including efforts to continually develop new and existing programs.
- Reviewing the relevance of our program educational objectives to assure that they are current and meet the needs of the program鈥檚 constituents.
- Assist department in developing and assessing strategic directions.
- Help the department, faculty, and administration achieve a broader, more objective perspective on university and professional community issues
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering IAB
- Bill Thomassie, Infinity Engineering, IAB Chair
- Bill Janowsky, Forensic Engineering
- Chad Poche, BFM Corporation
- Gwen Sanders, Eustis Engineering
- Kristi Matthews, K-Belle Consultants
- Mark Cheek, MAC Engineering. LLC
- Regina Cassanova, Trigon Associates
- Stuart Walts, NO Army Corp/Engrs
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering IAB
- Anwer Bashi, Entronix
- Babar Rashau, Siemens
- Bobby Chandler, PENTA
- Christopher Michael, Navy Research Lab
- Dean A. Bickerton, Reynolds Company
- Jordan Viox, Birdon Group
- Michael Ceraso, GlobalStar
- Pat Toebler, The Tobler Company
- Riley Parker, SEPCO-UAD/M/I Shell
- Wade Rivero, Entergy
- Wayne Welk, Reynolds Company
Department of Mechanical Engineering IAB
- Ana Munoz, Intralox
- Jean-Paul Detiege, Intralox
- Kevin LeBlanc, Chevron
- Nick Loiacono, Brown and Root Engineering
- Norman Elfer, Lockheed Martin
- Paul Schilling, 亚洲无码
- William Berg, Waldemar S. Nelson
Boysie Bollinger School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering IAB
- Altug Basaran, Ship Architects, Inc.
- Anil Raj, TAI Engineers
- Brent Ross Blackburn, Conrad Industries
- Chris Lee, Tidal Energy Corp.
- James Williams, Military Sealift Command 鈥 US Navy
- Joel R. Whitehead, Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired) J. Whitehead & Associates, Inc.
- P. Michael Duthu, VP Engineering, Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding
- Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, FMC International
- Susan Noste, US Merchant Marine
- William Krewsky, TAI Engineers