Comprised of corporate, business and community leaders, the Dean’s Advisory Council helps guide the College and ensure highest-quality education and career opportunities for students. The council:
- Advocates the College’s strategic vision and priorities
- Provides insight and expertise in developing goals
- Helps plan new programs
- Establishes best practices
- Oversees the Distinguished Lecture Series.
2017-18 Members
Eric Nichol, Ph.D., P.E. (Chair)
President
Moffatt & Nichol
Tom Foss (Vice Chair)
President and CEO
Griffith Co.
Mike Baghramian '66
Principal
Bager Electronics
Thomas J. Croslin
Retired VP Engineering
Boeing Southern Calif. Commercial Airplanes
Jennifer Didlo '02
President
AES Southland and AES Hawaii
Rudy Duran
Director - Engineering
Boeing – Southern California Commercial Airplanes
Patrick Goggin '87, '91
President
Boeing Defense, Space & Security Development
Forouzan Golshani
Dean
CSULB College of Engineering
James E. Green ’85
CIO of Upstream
Chevron
Georgia Griffiths '73
President and CEO
G2 Software Systems Inc.
Charles Gustafson
Senior VP, Engineering and Technology Group
The Aerospace Corp.
Arnold Hackett '01
VP and Alliance Partnership Management
Xerox Corp.
Reginald I. Harrison
Director of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Communications
City of Long Beach
Chris Hernandez '81 (Immediate Past Chair)
Sector VP, NG Next
Northrop Grumman
Mike Huggins
Site Chief, Space & Missile Propulsion Div.
U.S. Air Force Propulsion Directorate
Geraldine Knatz, Ph.D.
Professor of Practice of Policy and Engineering
USC Virterbi School of Engineering
Karl Kreutziger
President
C.W. Driver
Ralph Larison
VP, Construction Division Manager
Herzog Contracting Corp.
Claire Leon, Ph.D.
Launch Enterprise Director
U.S. Air Force
Nestor Martinez
VP of Engineering and Technical Services
Southern California Edison
Bruce McGowan
VP Regional Manager
Granite Construction Co.
David L. Mead '86
Retired Sr. VP, Transmission and Distribution
Southern California Edison
Al Moro
Retired Executive Director
Port of Long Beach
Mike Niggli '71
Retired President and COO
San Diego Gas & Electric
Cheryl Osborn
President
Casco Contractors Inc.
Parvaz Parhami, Ph.D.
CEO
SARA Inc.
Kent Peterson, P.E. '86
VP and Chief Engineer
P2S Engineering Inc.
Matt Petrime '93
VP and General Manager
Applied Medical
Matt Rezvani '75
Managing Partner
CALSTAD
Rolando Saldana '92
VP Engineering
Qualcomm Inc.
Richard Shiozaki
Senior VP
DENSO Sales California Inc.
Hal Snyder ’83
VP, Human Resources, Diversity, and Inclusion
Southern California Gas Co.
Bob Spidell ‘65
Retired, Spidell Publishing
Chris Thompson
VP, Virgin Galactic