Board of Visitors

Baynham, Tamara   (BE '93)
Director of Clinical Research
EBT Medical,  Inc.
Nashville, TN

Butler, Gary D.   (MS '94)
Founder, President & CEO
Camgian Microsystems Corp. 
Starkville, MS

Card, Kendall L.   (BE '77)
Director, Department of Energy Intelligence Programs
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN

Carey, Tim   (BE '66)
CEO (Retired)
CRC-Evans Pipeline International, Inc.
Houston, TX

Carson, Peter S.   (BE '69)
Chief Operating Officer (Retired)
Mercury Broadband
Atherton, CA

Carter, Mark   (BE '98)
Director
TA Associates Management
Boston, MA

Checchi, Allison Crumley  (BS '99)  
Chief Operating Officer
Invisible Universe 
Santa Monica, CA

Cheney, Elizabeth L.   (BE '82)
Chief Operating Officer
Cheney Energy Partners, LLP
Houston, TX

Chesney, Chad   (BE '94)
President and General Manager
Moxa Americas
Austin, TX

Chope, Douglas   (BS '86, MBA '88)
Sales Engineering – U.S. State & Local Government, Education
Tableau Software
Chestnut Hill, MA

Clark, G. Edmond  (BE '76)
President & CEO (Retired)
FedEx Trade Networks 
Germantown, TN

Conwell, James C.   (PhD '89)
Vice President & COO
Childress Engineering Services
Richardson, TX

Finfrock, William   (BE '92)
President
FINFROCK
Apopka, FL

Flowers, Joseph   (BE '88)
Senior Design Engineer (Retired)
Schlumberger LTD
Rosharon, TX

Gass, John D.   (BE '74)
President (Retired)                     
Chevron Gas & MidStream
Palm Coast, FL

Haley, Jessica  (BE '10, MS '10, PhD '15)
Senior Technical Manager
3M
St. Paul, MN

Hicks, Landis  (BE '66)
Managing Director (Retired)
PAE Singapore Private Limited
SINGAPORE

Higgins, Bob  (BE '97), Vice Chair
President & CEO 
Barge Design Solutions 
Nashville, TN

Hopkins, Sally   (BE '78) 
General Manager, Manufacturing (Retired)
Shell Oil 
Houston, TX

Limp, David   (BS '88)
Senior Vice President
Amazon Devices and Services
Seattle, WA

Pappas, Eleni H.  (BE '08), Chair
Senior Associate
Traffic Engineers, Inc. 
Houston, TX

Patel, Tina  (BS '94)
Vice President and Associate General Counsel (Retired)
Amazon Lab126
Encinitas, CA

Patsiokas, Dr. Alanna   (BE '06, MD '10)
Pediatric Hospitalist
Centennial Children’s Hospital
Nashville, TN

Perlin, Dr. Jonathan  
President & CEO
The Joint Commission 
Washington, DC

Reding, Noah (BE '07)
Vice President and General Manager
National Instruments
Austin, TX

Riddick, Jaret 
Director, Vehicle Technology Directorate
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Aberdeen, MD

Schmidt, Calvin W. (BE '90) 
Sr. VP of Gov Affairs and Policy
Johnson & Johnson
Newtown Square, PA

Schroeder, Richard A.   (BE '74)
President & CEO
Cresline Plastic Pipe Company, Inc.
Evansville, IN

Smethills, Brock   (BE '13)
President
Sterling Ranch Development Corp.
Littleton, CO

Walker, H. David   (BE '73, MS '77), Past Chair
Consultant
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. (Retired)
Franklin, TN

Walsh, Joseph T. (Jay)
Vice President of Economic Development and Innovation
University of Illinois System
Champaign, IL

Warner, Cynthia  (CJ)    (BE '80)
CEO 
Renewable Energy Group Inc.
Ames, IA

Wiernicki, Christopher J.   (BE '80) 
Chairman, President & CEO
ABS (American Bureau of Shipping) 
Houston, TX

Williams, Jack P. Jr.   (BE '86)
Senior Vice President
Exxon Mobil Corporation 
Irving, TX

Fauchet, Philippe 
Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean 
Vanderbilt University School of Engineering
Nashville, TN