University of Missouri

Dean’s Advisory Council

The Dean’s Advisory Council (DAC) is a group that serves as champions for the University of Missouri College of Engineering. It is comprised of several of the College of Engineering’s most prominent alumni.

Current DAC Members

Jim Fitterling — Jim Fitterling
Co-Chair
Dow, Inc., Chairman & CEO
BS ME ’83

Thompson Lin — Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin
Co-Chair
Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (AOI) Founder, Chairman, CEO
BS ME ’83, MS EE’90, PhD EE ’93 (BS from National Tsing Hua University – Taiwan)

Mike Brown — Mike Brown
Euronet Worldwide, Chairman, President & CEO
BS EE ’79 (MS from UMKC ’97)

Steve Edwards — Steve Edwards
Black & Veatch, CEO (ret.)
BS EE ’78

Ray Kowalik — Ray Kowalik
Burns & McDonnell, CEO (ret.)
BS CiE ’85, MS CiE ’99

Sharon Langenbeck — Sharon Langenbeck
NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, Project Element Manager (ret.)
BS ME ’74, MS ME ’76, PhD ME ’79

Michael Melton — Michael Melton
MEM Enterprises Group, Founder, President and CEO
BS EE ’81, JD ’84

Jim O'Neill — Jim O’Neill
Boeing, President, Boeing Defense Space & Security Development & St. Louis Sr. Executive (ret.)
BS CiE ’81, BS CiE ’82

David Payne — David Payne
PayneCrest Electric and Communications, CEO
BS EE ’83

Christine Pierson — Christine Pierson
LTA Manufacturing, CEO
BS IE ’85 (MBA from Rockhurst University)

Ray Wood — Ray Wood
Black & Veatch, President and CEO (ret.)
B&V Energy
BS EE ’64