External Advisory Council

Ms. Sharene Pierce, P.E.,

EAC Chair

VP for Customer Experience and Services Operational Transformation at Duke Energy

Dr. Fikret Atalay

Co-Founder, Filio Corporation & Consulting Engineer, Atlanta, GA

Mr. Reuben Blakley

Division Engineer, Division 8, North Carolina Department of Transportation

Dr. Jenna Carpenter

Dean, School of Engineering, Campbell University

Mr. Karl Freeman

Range Director, Volvo Group North America, Group Trucks Technology, Greensboro, NC

Mr. Cris Gaut

Chairman and CEO, Forum Energy Technologies, Houston, TX

Mr. Rich Glover, P.E.

President, Glover Engineering, PLLC, Greensboro, NC 

Ms. Claire Griffin

Lead Technical Bid Engineer, Offshore, Vestas, Boston, MA

Dr. Gregory L. Heileman

Vice Provost, Undergraduate Education, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Mr. Eric Hennessy

Director, Product Development, Charter Medical, Winston-Salem, NC

Mr. Fareed Khan

Chief and Head of Retail, Just Food For Dogs, Irvine, California

Dr. Martin S. Kohn

CEO and Chief Clinical Scientist, MedPredixAI, LLC; Adjunct Clinical Faculty, Division of Biomedical Informatics, Wake Forest School of Medicine

Ms. Regan O’Donnell

Consultant, Putnam, New York, NY

Mr. Ben Riser

Quality Engineering Manager at Toyota Battery Manufacturing

Mr. Andrew Rust

Co-founder, Tech Lead, Instructor, Manager, and CEO, ByteSize Learning, LLC

Ms. Karla Tankersley

Lead Director Business Solutions for Ralph Lauren