Penn Engineering Advisory Boards
Mr. Robert Stavis (EAS’84, W’84)
Chair, Penn Engineering Board of Advisors
Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
“My Penn Engineering education taught me how to ask well-structured questions and to fundamentally understand how systems work. As a member of the Penn Engineering Board of Advisors, I am proud to support and help guide the focus of the strategic research goals and curricula in the School. I credit Penn with a lot of my success, and I’m excited to give back as a Penn volunteer. In today’s world, when engineering is ever more important, Penn Engineering continues to lead on global challenges through research and education of our future engineering talent.”
Board of Advisors
The Board of Advisors for the School of Engineering and Applied Science is the main advisory body to the School and its Dean. Its members are thought leaders, innovators, and experts in the engineering profession and areas of relevance to the School’s activities. They participate in the strategic planning process, serve as a sounding board for initiatives of the School, represent the School within the rest of the University and the larger engineering and corporate community, and act as a liaison between the School and the Board of Trustees of the University. Their support and guidance plays an important role in furthering the School’s strategic goals. Board members serve a three-year, renewable term.
Board Chair:
Mr. Robert Stavis (EAS’84, W’84), Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
Board Members:
Mr. Andrew Africk (L’92, WG’92), Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Searay Capital LLC
Mr. Peter Armstrong (ENG’87), Private Investor
Mr. Chip Brady (W’94, C’94), Partner, LSN Partners, LLC
Mr. Jonathan A. Brassington (GEng’97), Partner, NewSpring Capital
Mr. Peter N. Detkin, Esq. (EE’82, L’85), Founder, Intellectual Ventures; Managing Director, Sherpa Technology Group
Mr. Goodwin Gaw (ENG’91, W’91), Founder and Managing Principal, Gaw Capital Partners
Ms. Pooja Goyal (ENG’02, W’02), Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Carlyle Global Infrastructure
Mr. Alex Haidas (C’93, ENG’93, WG’98), Founder and Managing Director, Bluewall Capital Ltd.
Ms. Sarah Wolf Hallac (EE’86, W’86), Consultant, BlackRock
Mr. Jeff Horing (ENG’86, W’86), Co-Founder and Managing Director, Insight Venture Partners
Mr. Lloyd W. Howell, Jr. (EE’88), Executive Director, NFL Players Association
Ms. Anjali Jolly (ENG’00, W’00), Partner, ACON Investments, L.L.C.
Mr. Alex T. Krueger (ENG’96, W’96), President and CEO, First Reserve International, Ltd.
Dr. John F. Lehman, Jr. (Gr’74), Chairman and Founding Partner, J.F. Lehman & Company
Mr. Ryan D. Limaye (ENG’93, W’93, WG’93), Managing Director and Co-Head, Global Technology Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs
Mr. Rajeev Misra (ME’85, GEng’86), Head of Strategic Finance, SoftBank Group
Mr. Ofer Nemirovsky (EE’79, W’79), Former Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners, LLC
Ms. Alison Newman (C’83), Partner, Fox Rothschild, LLP
Mr. Mitchell I. Quain (EE’73), Penn Engineering Advisory Board Chair Emeritus; Senior Advisor, Carlyle Group
Mr. Andrew Rachleff (W’80), Penn Engineering Advisory Board Chair Emeritus; Executive Chairman, Wealthfront, Inc.
Ms. Amy P. Raskin (ENG’93), Chief Investment Officer, Chevy Chase Trust
Mr. Allie P. Rogers, Jr. (ENG’87, W’87), Private Investor
Dr. Jeffrey M. Rosenbluth (ENG’84), Private Investor
Dr. Krishna P. Singh (GEng’69; Gr’72), President and CEO, Holtec International
Dr. Rajendra Singh, Chairman and CEO, Telcom Ventures LLC
Ms. Juliet Sjöborg (EE’85, WG’92), Director, Plena Capital Ltd.
Mr. Alexander F. Stern (GEng’89, WG’92), Senior Vice President, Strategy and M&A, IBM
Mr. Harlan Stone (C’80), President and CEO, HMTX Industries
Mr. Philip Trahanas (GEE’96, WG’96), Private Investor
Mr. Frederick Warren (ME’60, WG’61), Founder, Sage Venture Partners, LLC
Mr. Jonathan Z. Wilf (ENG’06), Partner, Garden Homes and EVP, Strategic Planning and Business Initiatives, Minnesota Vikings Ownership Group
Technical Advisory Board
We are living in an era of transformative changes fueled by an explosion in technology. Penn Engineering has a unique opportunity to take the lead and dramatically expand the School’s capacity to foster innovation and game-changing research. The Technical Advisory Board is made up of experts that include innovators from both startups and corporations, venture capitalists, thought leaders in industry and entrepreneurs that can help position Penn Engineering as the leader in this space over the next decade.
Board Chair:
Mr. Harlan Stone (C’80), President and CEO, HMTX Industries
Board Members:
Mr. Rohan Amin (ENG’02), Chief Product Officer, JPMorgan Chase
Mr. Alan Atkinson (GEN’88), Private Investor; Retired Technology Executive
Mr. Michael Barrett (ENG’89), Director, Corporate and Investment Banking Issue Management, Wells Fargo
Mr. Denis Dancanet (ENG’90, C’90), President, Cubist Systematic Strategies
Mr. Michael Glassman (ENG’85), Founder and Chairman, Checkmating Dementia!
Mr. Phil Jacob (ENG’85, WG’92, PAR’20, PAR’22), Vice Chairman of Leveraged Finance, Credit Suisse
Mr. Ryan D. Limaye (ENG’93, W’93, WG’93), Co-Head, Global Technology Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs
Mr. Jeff Luhnow (ENG’89, W’89, PAR’20), CEO Blue Crow Sports Group; CEO SportsTek Acquisition Company
Mr. David Pearl (ME’80), Co-Founder, Epoch Investment Partners
Mr. David Quattrone (EE’95, W’95), Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Cvent
Mr. Robin Yuxiang Ren (EE’95, C’95), Co-Founder and Director, Linda Ye and Robin Ren Family Foundation
Mr. Anil Seetharam (ENG’00, W’00), Managing Director, Berkshire Partners, Stockbridge
Dr. Rajendra Singh (Ph.D., Southern Methodist University), Chairman and CEO, Telcom Ventures LLC
Ms. Juliet Sjöborg (EE’85, WG’92), Director, Plena Capital Ltd.
Mr. Frederick Warren (ME’60, WG’61), Founder, Sage Venture Partners, LLC
Online Education Board
Penn Engineering has an unwavering commitment to democratizing world-class engineering education. As part of that goal, the School strives to create innovative, scalable online educational content and provide a personalized experience to its students. The Board for Online Engineering Education plays a critical role by drawing together innovators, practitioners, thought leaders, entrepreneurs and experts in online learning, engineering education and technology. The Board provides strategic guidance to help the School launch new initiatives and evaluate the effectiveness of ongoing programs.
Board Chair:
Mr. Richard Forman, (ENG’87, W’87), Managing Partner, Health Venture Group, LLC
Board Members:
Mr. Rohan Amin (ENG’02), Chief Product Officer, JPMorgan Chase
Mr. Ric Calvillo (C’90), Co-Founder and CEO, Nanigans
Mr. Lance Collins (GCH’83,GR’87), Vice President and Executive Director at Virginia Tech; Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Susan Davidson, Weiss Professor, Computer and Information Science, Penn Engineering
Dr. Bruce Lenthall, Co-Executive Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Innovation, University of Pennsylvania
Ms. Gayle McDowell (ENG’05, GW’11), Founder and CEO, CareerCup
Mr. Robert Stavis (EAS’84, W’84), Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
Ms. Priyanka Vergadia (GEN’11), Head Google Cloud North American Developer Relations Team; Lecturer, Department of Computer and Information Science
Ms. Nancy Wang (ENG’17), General Manager, AWS Data Protection and Governance
Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship Board
The School is building on a strong and uniquely collaborative entrepreneurial foundation to foster partnerships between the Penn Engineering community and entrepreneurs and investors in the Greater Philadelphia region in order to catalyze new ventures and enhance the innovation ecosystem. The Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship Board ensures that the School’s research and educational programs are reflective of real-world scenarios, its students and faculty are networked with technologists, entrepreneurs and investors, and that students will have opportunities for starting new ventures after they graduate.
Board Chair:
Mr. Jonathan Brassington (GEng’97), Partner, NewSpring Capital
Board Members:
Mr. Brian Fox (ENG’99), Founder and Former Executive Chairman, Millennium Healthcare
Mr. Jeff Horing (ENG’86, W’86), Co-Founder and Managing Director, Insight Venture Partners
Ms. Anjali Jolly (ENG’00, W’00), Partner, ACON Investments, L.L.C.
Mr. Dean Miller (WG’99), President and CEO, Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT)
Ms. Alison Newman (C’83), Partner, Fox Rothschild, LLP