Board of Visitors

November 12, 2012

The Pratt School of Engineering Board of Visitors is comprised of some of the school's most distinguished alumni and friends. Their role is to provide advice and counsel in the areas of long range planning, the undergraduate and graduate programs, fundraising, and public relations. The primary expectations of the board and of its members include exerting a positive influence within the school and the university by, for example, providing advice and counsel to the Dean and senior staff in all aspects of the School; serving as a conduit between students, faculty and administration; shaping and supporting the school's position within the university.

  • Mr. David M. Bennett (Dave), BSE’83, P’14, Chief Executive Officer, Proterra
  • Mrs. Alyssa F. Benza, BSE'02, Interest Rate Sales, Goldman Sachs
  • Mr. D. Theodore Berghorst (Ted), P'04, P'09, Chairman and CEO, Vector Securities, LLC
  • Mr. J. Michael Bollinger, Jr. (Mike), BSE'94, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
  • Mr. Amjad A. Bseisu, BSE’81, Chief Executive Officer, EnQuest
  • Mr. Thomas A. Burger, Jr. (Tom), BSE’88, Co-founder & Managing Partner, Gridiron Capital, LLC
  • Mr. Clarence J. Chandran, P'07, Chairman, The Walsingham Fund
  • Ms. Laurie C. Conner, BSE’76
  • Mr. James C. Daues (Jim), BSE’81, Senior Vice President, Zurich Financial Services/Farmers Insurance
  • Mr. Daniel M. Dickinson (Dan), BSE'83, Managing Partner, HCI Equity Partners
  • Mr. W. Grant Dollens (Grant), BSE’01, Ayer Capital Management
  • Dr. J. Christopher Dries (Chris), BSE’94, President & CEO, United Silicon Carbide, Inc.
  • Mr. Stefan A. Dyckerhoff, BSE'94, Managing Director, Sutter Hill Ventures
  • Mr. Fred M. Fehsenfeld, Jr., BSE'73, Managing Trustee, The Heritage Group
  • Mr. William J. Florence III (Bill), BSE’83, Self Employed, Real Estate Investment Services & Asset Management
  • Dr. Stacy Stansell Gardner, BSE'91, Director of the Center for STEM Education for Girls
  • Mr. Jeffrey L. Gendell (Jeff), T’81, General Partner, Tontine Associates LLC
  • Mr. William B. Gex (Bill), BSE’82, Chief Executive Officer, Anderson Equipment Company
  • Ms. Suzanne M. Gregory (Sue), BSE’87, Managing Counsel, Merck & Company, Inc.
  • Mr. Jonathan M. Guerster (Jon), BSE'86, CEO, Groom Energy Solutions
  • Mr. William J. Hanenberg (Bill), BSE’73, MBA’80, P’04, ExxonMobil Production Company
  • Mr. Charles L. Harrington (Chuck), P’08, Chairman and CEO, Parsons Corporation
  • Mr. Philip J. Hawk (Phil), BSE'76, P'06, Chairman and CEO, Team Inc.
  • Mr. James D. Heerwagen (Jim), BSE'80, President & CEO, NtechRA, Inc.
  • Admiral Grant T. Hollett, Jr., BSME’64, P’93, Senior Advisor, The O’Gara Group
  • Mr. Joseph H. Jarboe (Joe), BSCE’69, P’04, Senior Vice President, The Clark Construction Group, Inc.
  • Mr. Vinay J. Jayaram, BSE'96, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, Global Capital Markets
  • Mr. James E. Kemler (Jamie), BSE’79, Group President, Stryker Corporation
  • Dr. Robert C. Marlay (Bob), BSE'69, P'08, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Deputy Director, U.S. Climate Change, Technology Program, U.S. Department of Energy
  • Mr. George N. Mattson II, BSE'87, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Company
  • Dr. Carl E. McCants Ph.D., BSE’81, Program Manager, Intelligence Advanced Research Project Activity
  • Mr. Jeffrey B. Meehan (Jeff), P'07, P'10, Real Estate Manager
  • Mr. George E. Murphy, BSE'77, MS'80, P’09, P’13, CEO, Aladdin Lighting Technologies
  • Mr. Thomas A. Natelli (Tom), BSE '82, P'10, CEO/President, Natelli Communities
  • Mrs. Tanya S. Nizialek, BSE’91
  • Mr. John T. F. Oxaal, BSE’76, Partner, Sevin Rosen Funds
  • Mr. David L. Pratt (Dave), BSE'85, Marketing Business Leader, Progressive Insurance
  • Mrs. Janis J. Rehlaender, BSE'77, P'07, P'09, P'11, Retired, Director of Corporate Planning, Baxter International, Chairman, Darien, CT. Board of Education
  • Mr. Michael G. Rhodes, BSE’87
  • Mr. Timothy P. Rooney (Tim), BSE’80, MBA’82, Chief Executive Officer, Manhattan Holdings, Inc.
  • Mr. David I. Rowland (Dave), BSE’81, Energy & Environmental Enterprises, Inc.
  • Mr. Carl E. Rudiger, Jr. (Chuck), BSEE'61, Retired Director, Business Development, Lockheed Corporation
  • Mr. Kenneth T. Schiciano (Ken), BSE'84, Managing Director, TA Associates
  • Mr. Eric J. Schiffer, BSE’83, Chief Executive Officer, 99 Cents Only Stores
  • Mr. Robert L. Seelig (Rob), BSE'90, Vice President & General Counsel, White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.
  • Mr. David P. Spearman (Dave), BSE'77, P'06, P'08, P’11, P’13, President, Radamerica Inc.
  • Mr. Jeffrey I. Spiritos (Jeff), BSE'76, P’14, Spiritos Properties, LLC.
  • Mr. James L. Stuart ESQ (Jim), BSE'71, P’12, Attorney, Stuart Law Firm, PLLC
  • Mrs. Cynthia P. Walden (Cindy), BSE'80, Principal, Walden Design Group LLC
  • Dr. Seth A. Watkins, BSE'92, G'93, G'96, L'99, Of Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • Mr. John H. Weber, P'08, President and Chief Executive Officer, Remy International, Inc.
  • Ms. Yin Yin, BSE’94
  • Mr. Michael H. Yoh, BSE’85, President & CEO, Munitions and Government, Day & Zimmermann, Inc.

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Russell Holloway

Russell HollowayAssociate Dean, Corporate & Industry Relations

424B Teer Building
919-660-8415

russell.holloway@duke.edu

Kirsten Shaw

Kirsten ShawAssistant Director of Corporate and Industry Relations

424 Teer Building
919-660-5533

kirsten.shaw@duke.edu