Mechanical Engineering Strategic Advisory Board (MESAB)

The Mechanical Engineering Strategic Advisory Board provides advice and perspective on issues of importance to the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering. The members offer leadership for cultivation, stewardship, strategic direction, and solicitation activities that support the mission and goals of the department.

Members of the board are chosen for their leadership in providing wisdom, wealth, and work as well as commitment, compassion, and connections that lead to advocacy, financial contribution, and willingness to help establish linkages with alumni, industry, faculty, students and local, national, and international leaders who are able to advance the strategic missions of the department.

The advisory board consists of CU mechanical engineering alumni who have been friends and supporters of the department individually over the years and who are well-established leaders in their respective areas.

Membership Criteria

MESAB's goal is to have a full membership of 15 representatives. The board members are invited to serve at the discretion of the department chair and with input from the board. The term of membership is three years and is renewable.

Current Members

Davin Anderson 
System Integration
Test Engineering Sr.
Lockheed Martin Space Systems 
Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Dario Atallah
Sr. Director, Product Solutions
Decisiv, Inc.
Louisville, Colorado

Kate Bergeron
VP, Hardware Engineering
Apple 
ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, Colorado

Dave Drach
VP Corporate Strategy 
Techstars 
ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, Colorado

Tom Ebner 
President & CEO
Xtreme Power Conversion
Denver, Colorado

Joel Johnson
Managing Director
Berrendo Energy LLC
Columbine Valley, Colorado

Diana Manning
787 Propulsion Chief Engineer (retired)
Boeing
Arlington, Washington

Mike McCue
President
Accu-Precision
Littleton, Colorado

 

John Mollenkopf
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (retired)
MarkWest Energy Partners
Denver, Colorado

Dana Shinn
IT Manager - Logistics
DJO Global
Oceanside, California

Param Singh
Founder & EVP (retired)
Abiomed
ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, Colorado

Donald Strickland
CEO
Visionary Moments
San Francisco, California

Michael Stockman
Partner
WMD Capital Partners, LLC
ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, Colorado

Herb Vogel
President & CEO
SM Energy
Denver, Colorado

Robert Wills
President
Murphy's Corporate Lodging Inc.
Houston, Texas

Dave Wolenski
President
Electro-Mechanical Products, Inc.
Lakewood, Colorado

Steven Woodward
Senior Vice President
Business Development Antero
Resources Corporation
Denver, Colorado

Emeritus

S.P. Chip Johnson IV
CEO & President
Carrizo Oil and Gas
Houston, TX

Tom McLagan
Executive Chairman
Hyder Construction
Evergreen, CO