Dean's Advisory Board

2025-2026 Board Members

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Matthew Crow

LA Metro, 
Civil Engineering Infrastructure Program Manager

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Chet Dik

P2S Inc., 
Mechanical Engineer

Jay Donnell ECST DAB

Jay Donnell

Disney,
Senior Vice President of Technology

About Jay Donnell

Noel Ellis ECST DAB

Noel Ellis
Advisory Board Co-Chair

Raytheon, Intelligence & Space,
Director, Engineering Learning and University Relations, retd.
Cal Poly State University (SLO),
Faculty Lecturer

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Daniel Gamboa

SoCal Edison,
Substation Engineer

Rick Garcia ECST DAB

Rick Garcia

UPS,
Director, Corporate Field Support, Buildings & Systems Engineering, retd.

About Rick Garcia

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Dan Gonzalez, Ph.D.

Johnson & Johnson,
Senior Program Director, and Master Black Belt, retd.
Cal Poly Pomona,
Lecturer

About Dan Gonzalez, Ph.D.

Laurel Gutierrez ECST DAB

Laurel Gutierrez

Boeing, 
Director of Command & Control Systems Capability at Boeing Defense, Space & Security

Dawn Harms ECST DAB

Dawn Harms

Space Architectures LLC.,
Principal
Momentus Inc.,
Principal, retd

Nader Nemati ECST DAB

Nader Nemati

Healthesus, Inc.
CoFounder and CEO

Alan Painter ECST DAB

Alan Painter

UPS, 
Senior Manager, Buildings and Systems Engineering

About Alan Painter

Jorge Ramirez P.E. ECST DAB

Jorge Ramirez, P.E.

Safna Engineering & Consulting (SAFNA),
Principal

Milton Randle ECST DAB

Milton Randle

Academic Consulting Services,
Academic Consultant and Coach

About Milton Randle

Omar Rivera ECST DAB

Omar Rivera

SoCalGas,
Director, Gas Transmission Operations

Gloria Roberts ECST DAB

Gloria Roberts

California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
Director, District 7

Mark Sikand ECST DAB

Mark Sikand

Sikand Engineering,
President

Sumit Tandon ECST DAB

Sumit Tandon

MathWorks,
Principal Engineer & Manager, Customer Success Engineering

About Sumit Tandon

Saurabh Tangri ECST DAB

Saurabh Tangri

CEO and Co-Founder
Aramas AI

About Saurabh Tangri

Antonio 'Tony' Ulloa-Severino ECST DAB

Antonio 'Tony' Ulloa-Severino

Millennium Space Systems, A Boeing Company,
Vice President of Manufacturing

Sergio Valdez ECST DAB

Sergio Valdez

JPL NASA
Engineering Manager

Anthony 'Tony' von Behring Reese ECST DAB

Anthony 'Tony' von Behring Reese
Advisory Board Co-Chair

Clarity Ops Inc.,
Partner

Allyson Yarbrough, Ph.D. ECST DAB

Allyson Yarbrough, Ph.D.

The Aerospace Corporation,
Technical Fellow, retd.

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