{"id":125009,"date":"2022-09-03T23:22:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T03:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/?page_id=125009"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:11:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:11:02","slug":"deans-advisory-board","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/about-eng\/deans-advisory-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean&#8217;s Leadership Advisory Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ENG Dean\u2019s Leadership Advisory Board (DLAB) is an advisory group of leading scientists, engineers, technologists, and business leaders with close ties to BU. The group advises the Dean on the College\u2019s long-term strategic priorities, business plans, and key challenges, and helps to raise the profile of BU Engineering around the world.<\/p>\n<h1>Dean&#8217;s Leadership Advisory Board Members<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Binoy Singh, M.D.* \u2013 <\/strong><em>Board Chair (2023-2026) <\/em><strong><\/strong>\u2013 ENG &#8217;89, EVP &amp; Chief Medical Officer, Gentiva Health Services<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kathleen McLaughlin*^ <\/strong>\u2013<em> Board Vice-Chair (2025-2026) <\/em><strong><\/strong>\u2013 ENG \u201987, EVP &amp; Chief Sustainability Officer, Walmart Inc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rocco Benetton <\/strong>\u2013\u00a0 President, Elemento Holdings<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carla Boragno*^ \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Former SVP, Global Head of Engineering &amp; Facilities, Pharma Technical Operations, Genentech\/Roche<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tye Brady* <\/strong>\u2013 ENG &#8217;90,\u00a0Chief Technologist, Amazon Robotics<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deb Caplan*^ \u2013<\/strong> ENG &#8217;90, Former Executive VP, Human Resources &amp; Corporate Services, NextEra Energy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nirav Dagli <\/strong>\u2013 ENG &#8217;92, &#8217;96, Founder &amp; CEO, Spinnaker Analytics<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vanessa Feliberti* \u2013<\/strong> ENG &#8217;93, Corporate VP, M365 Services Platform Engineering, Microsoft<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"tabs2_section tabs2_section_2 tabs2_section2 tab_section\" data-header-only=\"false\" tab_caption=\"Activity\" tab_caption_raw=\"Activity\" id=\"section_tab.371911601bcd0054813ada02dd4bcb2e\" data-section-id=\"371911601bcd0054813ada02dd4bcb2e\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-hidden=\"false\" aria-labelledby=\"section_tab.371911601bcd0054813ada02dd4bcb2e\"><span id=\"section-371911601bcd0054813ada02dd4bcb2e\" data-header-only=\"false\" class=\"section sn-stream-section\"><span class=\"sn-widget-textblock-body sn-widget-textblock-body_formatted\"><strong>Mikhail Gurevich* <\/strong>&#8211; ENG &#8217;07, Questrom&#8217;12, Managing Partner, Dominion Capital<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Anand Krishnamurthy*^ <\/strong>\u2013 ENG \u201992, \u201996, Angel Investor, Launchpad Venture Group<\/li>\n<li><strong>Abhi Kulkarni*^ <\/strong>\u2013 ENG \u201993, \u201997, COO, Cellino Biotech Inc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tonie Leatherberry <\/strong>\u2013 ENG \u201985, Board Member, Amfam, Inc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Daniel Maneval*^ <\/strong>\u2013 ENG \u201982, Nonclinical Biopharma Consultant<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Manuel Mendez* \u2013<\/strong> ENG \u201991, CEO, AliveDx<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rao Mulpuri^ \u2013<\/strong> ENG \u201992, \u201996, Former CEO, View Inc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Girish Navani \u2013<\/strong> ENG \u201991, CEO, eClinical Works<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nirva Kapasi Patel* \u2013 <\/strong>ENG \u201900, Lecturer, Boston University School of Law<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sharad Rastogi*^\u00a0 \u2013 <\/strong>ENG \u201991, CEO, Work Dynamics Technology, JLL<\/li>\n<li><strong>Avanish Sahai*<\/strong> \u2013 ENG \u201989, Mentor Capitalist, Exbourne Capital<\/li>\n<li><strong>Michelle Tortolani<\/strong> \u2013 ENG \u201982, &#8217;89, VP of Project Delivery Fleet &amp; Facilities, Amtrak<\/li>\n<li><strong>Frank Troise*^ <\/strong>\u2013 ENG\u201987, <span>President of Trading &amp; Connectivity Solutions Division and Vice Chairman of Capital Markets, Broadridge Financial Solutions<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bill Weiss^ \u2013 <\/strong>ENG \u201983, \u201897, Former VP of Manufacturing &amp; Logistics, General Dynamics Mission Systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* &#8211; <em>indicates AY24 Industry Partnerships Task Force membership &#8211; Co-chairs: Anand Krishnamurthy (ENG&#8217;92,&#8217;96) and Abhi Kulkarni (ENG&#8217;93,&#8217;97)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>^ &#8211; <em>ind<\/em><em>icates AY25 Undergraduate Internships<\/em><em> Task Force membership &#8211; Co-chairs: Carla Boragno [Par CAS&#8217;26, SPH&#8217;27] and Bill Weiss (ENG&#8217;83,&#8217;97)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2024\/06\/2024-05-09-BU-ENG-DLAB-Group-Photo_low-res-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"424\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-152755 alignnone\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/files\/2024\/06\/2024-05-09-BU-ENG-DLAB-Group-Photo_low-res-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/files\/2024\/06\/2024-05-09-BU-ENG-DLAB-Group-Photo_low-res-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/files\/2024\/06\/2024-05-09-BU-ENG-DLAB-Group-Photo_low-res-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/files\/2024\/06\/2024-05-09-BU-ENG-DLAB-Group-Photo_low-res-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/files\/2024\/06\/2024-05-09-BU-ENG-DLAB-Group-Photo_low-res.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p><em>Photo: May 2024 DLAB Meeting, courtesy of Dana J. Quigley, DJQ Media LLC.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Emeritus members, from Dean&#8217;s Leadership Advisory Board<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>John Abele,\u00a0<\/strong>Founder &amp; Director,\u00a0Boston Scientific<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alan Auerbach\u2013<\/strong> ENG \u201991, Chairman, Founder, President &amp; CEO, Puma Biotechnology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Roger Dorf \u2013<\/strong> ENG \u201970, Former VP, Wireless Group, Cisco Systems<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joe Healey <\/strong>\u2013 ENG \u201988, Senior Managing Director, Healthcor Management LP<\/li>\n<li><strong>Venkatesh Narayanamurti <\/strong>\u2013 <strong><\/strong>Professor &amp; Former Dean, School of Engineering &amp; Applied Sciences, Harvard University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Richard Reidy <\/strong>\u2013 SMG \u201982,\u00a0Former President and CEO,\u00a0Progress Software Corp.<\/li>\n<li><strong>John Tegan, III \u2013<\/strong> ENG \u201988, President and CEO, Communication Technology Services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ENG Dean\u2019s Leadership Advisory Board (DLAB) is an advisory group of leading scientists, engineers, technologists, and business leaders with close ties to BU. 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