The Advisory Board for The William States Lee College of Engineering provides an industrial perspective to help direct college decision making about programs, curricula and research. This issue of the Lee College of Engineering newsletter asks members of the advisory board for their thoughts on the college, the profession and their own careers.

Laney Bisbee is the CEO/President of Structural Integrity Associates Inc. He has been a member of the Lee College of Engineering Board of Advisors for one year.

Paul Cooke is senior vice president at HDR. Inc. He has been a member of the Lee College of Engineering Board of Advisors for 12 years.

Mansour Salem Edlin, PE, is the owner and senior engineer of Mansour Edlin Consulting. He has been on the collge board of advisors for nine years.

Maurice Ewing is president and CEO of the Union County Partnership for Progress. He has been on the college advisory board for about four years.

Pamela Fletcher is a chief engineer at General Motors, and has been on the Lee College Board of Advisors since 1999.

A member of the Lee College of Engineering Advisory Board since 2008, Thomas Franch is senior vice president of Engineering and Projects – North America, for Areva.

Carol Goolsby is vice president of Regulated Hydro Fleet & Renewables at Duke Energy Corporation. She has been a member of the board of advisors for four years.

Martha Jenkins is OEM Customer Service Manager, Americas, with Ingersoll Rand. She has been a member of the college advisory board for five years.

Vice President of Global Engineering for 3D Systems Inc., Rajeev Kulkarni has been a member of the Lee College of Engineering Board of Advisors for one year.

Harvey Mason is CEO of Perigon, and has been a member of the college advisory board for four years.

Robert E. Mason is president and CEO of R.E. Mason Company of the Carolinas. He has been a member of the Lee College of Engineering Advisory Board since 2003.

Director of Business Integration for Flextronics, Rick Noreika has been a member of the Lee College of Engineering Board of Advisors for 10 years.

An original member of the Lee College of Engineering’s Board of Advisors, Ray Thompson is a major projects account manager for Johnson Controls Inc.

The Vice President of Cable R&D Enterprise Solutions at CommScope, Rob Wessels has been on the Lee College of Engineering Advisory Board since it was started by Dean Johnson.