Strategic Advisory Board

The Strategic Advisory Board plays a major role in setting directions for ECE research and education as well as providing a source of new partnerships with industry. We recruit members from corporations and academia that are well connected with the industry and can provide the insights necessary to keep the ECE department current and vital.

Winser Alexander

Professor Emeritus
NC State University

Dannette Allen

BS EE ‘88, BS CPE ‘89
Senior Technologist for Intelligent Flight Systems, NASA

John Amein

BS EE ‘84
Senior Vice President Sales, ID R&D Inc.

Khaled Behei-Eldin

BS EE ‘04; BS CPE ‘04
Director, Charging & Energy Systems, Rivian

Monalisa Bora

MS EE ‘96

Senior Director, Corporate Technical Marketing,
Applied Materials

Angels de Luis Balaguer

Board Chair Pro Tempore
Ph.D EE ‘13
Data Scientist, Microsoft

Amanda Dixon

BS EE ‘99
Senior Business Growth Manager for Smart Cities,
SELC Powered by Itron

Clay Gloster

Ph.D CPE ‘93
Vice Provost of Graduate Research and
Dean of the Graduate College,
NC Agricultural and Technical State University

Eric Grant

BS EE ‘90
Senior Vice President, Duke Energy

Spencer Johnson

BS EE ‘09, MS EE ‘11, Ph.D EE ‘14
Technical Staff, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Steve Lovell

BS EE ‘95
Carolinas District Operations Manager, Eaton Corporation

Sonali Luniya

Board Chair
Ph.D. ‘06
Vice President Corporate Development, Holmusk

Sam Mathan

MS EE ‘72

Jim O’Dell

BS EE ‘94
Managing Director, KPMG

Ioannis Papapanagiotou

MS CPE 2009; Ph.D. CPE 2012
Vice President of Engineering, Steel Perlot

Ketan Patel

Director of Hardware Design, ARM

Ryan Pratt

BS EE ‘00
Founder & CEO, Guerrilla RF

Sarah Rajala

Professor Emeritus, NC State University

Deepak Rajpal

Head Translational Sciences, Sanofi R&D

Nita Sharma

Ph.D. CPE 1992
Senior Director, Data Center and AI, Intel

Michelle Swart

BS EE ‘84

Donnell Walton

BS EE ‘89
Adjunct Professor, Cornell University

Carl Wilkins

BS EE ‘86
Senior Vice President of Distribution, Quanta Technology