The EP Advisory Council provides us an outside perspective that can be very important in improving the program,\u201d says Allan Bjerkaas, associate dean of Engineering for Professionals. \u201cAccording to the charter of the council they are, \u2018To support EP in its efforts to maintain the high quality and professional relevancy of its degree programs by providing an external perspective on the assessment of ongoing efforts and the evaluation of future initiatives.\u2019 The council has helped us improve our IT infrastructure, has provided good advice as we have introduced new academic programs, and has been instrumental in building a stronger relationship between EP and Development and Alumni Relations.\u201d Council members, who are professionals in industry, government, and education, meet twice a year.<\/p>\n
Advisory Council Member:<\/p>\n
Nelson Baker<\/strong>, Vice Provost, Georgia Tech Global Learning Center, Distance Learning and Professional Education Offering perspectives to improve EP’s programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni-leadership","issue-winter-2010"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nEdward Borbely<\/strong>, Director, University of Michigan, Center for Professional Development, College of Engineering
\nRobert Cardwell<\/strong> \u201985, Vice President, Middleware Technology, Red Hat, Inc.
\nJohn Fischer<\/strong>, Director of Laboratory Programs, Office of the Secretary of Defense\/ Office of the Director, Defense Research and Engineering
\nChris Horne<\/strong>, Vice President, Lockheed Martin, Engineering, Technology and Operations
\nWilliam Irby<\/strong>, MS \u201900, Vice President, Northrop Grumman
\nDavid Jourdan<\/strong>, MS \u201984, President, Nauticos
\nRobyn Kravit<\/strong>, CEO, Tethys Research LLC
\nKelly Miller<\/strong>, Chief Systems Engineer, National Security Agency\/Central Security Service
\nAnne Schelle<\/strong>, Partner, Acta Wireless<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"