Industrial Advisory Board
Faculty and Industry Professionals Working Together
The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department's Advisory Board is a group of industry leaders who volunteer their time to support the department. The mission of the Advisory Board is to assist the department in maintaining the excellence of its civil and environmental engineering programs and to encourage the department to continue its commitment to providing its students with "hands-on" engineering education.
The Advisory Board's principal role is to provide advice regarding the civil and environmental engineering program curricula. The Board has also been very successful in the past in securing laboratory donations and raising funds for the two programs. In addition, the Board provides mentoring to those students interested in learning more about the civil and environmental engineering professions.
Since 1999 the Advisory Board has sponsored its own "Professional Advancement Award." Each year, top students in the civil and environmental engineering programs are selected for this award based on scholarship, work experience, professional activities, and community service. Recipients receive a plaque as well as a cash award.
The current Chair of the Advisory Board is Chris Metzger.
| NAME | COMPANY |
|---|---|
| Craig Anderson | Anderson Regulatory Solutions, Principal |
| Jim Blois | Blois Construction, CEO/President |
| Eric Chase | RGH Consultants, Principal Geotechnical Engineer |
| Mike Chesney | Transportation Corridor Agencies, Chief Strategy Officer |
| Susanne Cooper | Jensen Design & Survey, Inc., Engineering Manager |
| Christy Gabler | North Coast Engineering, Vice President/COO |
| Tim Gubbins | California Department of Transportation, District 5 Director |
| Amy Hackney | Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Assoc Principal, Vice President |
| Leyla Hedaya | Kimley-Horn, Principal |
| Greg Hurd | BKF Engineer, President, CEO |
| Doug Johnson | Stantec, Vice President - Community Development |
| Steve Kahn | Cannon, Civil Senior Principal Engineer |
| Robert Kull | Stratus Environmental, Inc., Principal Engineer |
| Ken Lindberg | Power Engineering Construction, Vice President |
| Jeremy Lopez | Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Leed AP, Project Manager |
| Jeff Mathieu | Tetra Tech, Vice President and Operations Manager |
| Chris Metzger | Mott MacDonald, Vice President/Area Manager - South Bay |
| Timothy O'Connor | O'Connor Program Management LLC, Managing Partner |
| Jeffrey Okamoto | Huitt-Zollars, Vice President |
| Cary Ronan | Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Senior Project Manager |
| Greg Scott | Webcor, Project Director - Concrete Group |
| Erin Steiner | Cornerstone Earth Group, Principal Geotechnical Engineer |
| Jeffrey Szytel | Water Systems Consulting, Founder & President |
| Truitt Vance | Ashley & Vance Engineering, Inc., President, CEO and Principal Engineer |
| Kari Wagner | Wallace Group, Principal |
| Jay Walter | GHD, Engineering Manager |
| Ronald Williams | Jacobs Engineering Group, Senior Vice President/West Region Director |
| Kevin Zucco | ZFA Structural Engineer, Executive Principal |