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About the School Board of Visitors

The purpose of the Board of Visitors is to provide the dean of the Swanson School of Engineering, the provost, and the chancellor of the University with an independent appraisal of the school's research, teaching, and administrative practices, and to assist the school in an effort to continue strengthening the quality of its programs. 

* Denotes University of Pittsburgh Engineering Alumni

Trustee Members

*Thomas J. Usher (Chair)
Chairman
US Steel Corp.
Pittsburgh, PA

*George A. Davidson Jr. (Vice Chair)
Retired Chair
Dominion
Pittsburgh, PA

G. Watts Humphrey Jr.
President
GWH Holdings Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA

Regular Members

*Robert O. Agbede
President and CEO
ATS-Chester Engineers Inc
Moon Township, PA

*Wanda M. Austin
Senior Vice President
The Aerospace Corporation
Chantilly, VA

*David L. Brown
Chief Market Strategist
Sabrient Systems
Santa Barbara, CA

Stephen W. Director
Provost and Senior Vice President
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

*Wilson J. Farmerie
President
The Techs
Pittsburgh, PA

*June Y. Felix
General Manager
IBM
New York, NY

*John A. Jurenko
Vice President (Ret.)
Adtran Inc.
Huntsville, AL

Eric W. Kaler
Dean
University of Delaware
Newark, DE

*Frederick L. Kocher
General Manager
AAR
Indianapolis, IN

*Edward F. Kondis
Vice President (Ret.)
Mobil Corporation
Marshall, VA

*Francis J. Kramer
President and COO
II-VI Inc.
Saxonburg, PA

*Frank Lederman
Retired Vice President and CTO
Alcoa Inc.
Tucson, AZ

*Paul E. Lego
Executive Associates
Pittsburgh, PA

*Robert H. Luffy
President and CEO
American Bridge Company
Coraopolis, PA

*Robert v.d. Luft
Chairman and CEO
ENTERGY
Chadds Ford, PA

*Roberta Ann Luxbacher
Director
ExxonMobil International Limited
London, England

*John C. Marous Jr.
Executive Associates
Pittsburgh, PA

*Gerald E. McGinnis
Founder and Chairman
Respironics Inc.
Murrysville, PA

*Aloysius "Ish" T. McLaughlin Jr.
Retired President and COO
Dick Corporation
Pittsburgh, PA

*Frank Mosier
Mosier Enterprises Inc. 
Rocky River, OH

*Mark G. Papa
Chairman and CEO
EOG Resources Inc.
Houston, TX

*John W. Pavia
President
UEC Technologies LLC
Pittsburgh, PA

*Krish A. Prabhu
President and CEO
Tellabs
Naperville, IL

*Robert Francis Savinell
Dean and George S. Dively Professor of Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH

*Jack W. Shilling
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Allegheny Technologies Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA

*Kenneth S. Smialek
Director
MW Brands
London, England

*Stephen R. Tritch
President and Chief Executive Officer
Westinghouse Electric Company
Monroeville, PA

*Humberto Vainieri
President
Vainieri Consulting
Sarasota, FL

*Barry J. Wetzel
President and CEO
Clark Screw Machine Products Co.
Blawnox, PA

*H. Baird Whitehead
President
Penn Virginia Oil & Gas Corporation
Radnor, PA

*Susan Wood
Retired Vice President and Director
Westinghouse Savannah River Company
Aiken, SC

*Larry P. Yermack
Retired Senior Vice President
Sky Station International
Skillman, NJ

Emeritus Members

*Selwyn D. Berson
Retired President
Pratt and Whitney
Avon, CT

*Paul N. Kuzmich
Retired Vice President
Columbia Gas Distribution Co.
McKees Rocks, PA

Ex-Officio Members

Mark A. Nordenberg
Chancellor
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

James V. Maher
Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

B. Jean Ferketish
Secretary, Board of Trustees
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Gerald D. Holder
US Steel Dean of Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Aaron Conley, Ed.D.
Executive Director of Development & Alumni Relations
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

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