Council of Advisors
The Council is a group of senior executives with backgrounds related to the areas of emphasis at Bourns. Its objective is to assist us in achieving our vision of becoming a nationally recognized leader in engineering research and education.
The purpose of the Council of Advisors is to:
- understand and promote the mission and vision of the college and its needs;
- provide industry perspective;
- identify issues important to the future of the college;
- provide guidance, counsel, and recommendations;
- review curriculum for relevance and research for purpose and progress;
- provide assistance and support in all forms; and
- review college plans and provide insight into approaches of competitive institutions.
Council Members
Gordon Bourns, Chairman
CEO
Bourns, Inc.
Mark D. Beuhler
Section Manager
West Region Desalination Lead
HDR, Inc.
Jeanne-Marie Bruno
General Manager and Sr. Vice President
Park Water Company
Mohammad Dehghani, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory
Jerry Ethridge, Ph.D.
Director
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Amir Faghri, Ph.D.
United Technologies Endowed Chair Professor, Thermal Fluids Engineering University of Connecticut
William R. Johnson
President and Owner
Johnson Machinery Co.
David Key
Founder & CFO/EVP Corporate Ops.
YouMail
Robert Krieger
President
Krieger and Stewart, Inc.
Ernest Levister, M.D., Vice Chairman
Physician
Ben Overall
MEC Divsion Director
Northrop Grumman
Alton Romig, Ph.D.
Exec. Vice President and Deputy Laboratories Director and COO
Sandia National Laboratories
Carole Sanders
Senior Resident Engineer
Lim & Nascimento Engineering Corp.
Thaddeus H. Sandford, Ph.D.
Retired
Boeing
Tony Sarris
Engineering Director
Unisys Corporation
Arif Shakeel, Ph.D.
Retired
Western Digital
Jon W. Slater
President & CEO
Optivus Technology Inc.
R. Rhodes Trussell, Ph.D.
President
Trussell Technologies, Inc.
Jacques S. Yeager, Sr.
President
Yeager Brothers