Advisory Board

Mission Statement

The 51³Ô¹ÏÍøCEE Department recognizes the need to establish strong relationships with industry, government, and corporate groups to develop innovative Engineering graduates and future leaders with strong technical and professional skills.

Board members advise the CEE Department on educational, technical, professional, and recruitment needs of the industrial, corporate, and government sectors. The Board will also transfer knowledge and insight regarding domestic and global trends in business and engineering practice. The Board provides guidance on how these needs and concerns can be addressed, provides practical experience, and suggests courses of action.

Members of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøCEE Advisory Board hold high level positions in corporate, research, educational, and government institutions. Each member expresses their availability and willingness to volunteer their service to assist the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøCEE Department in executing its mission.

 

51³Ô¹ÏÍøCEE Advisory Board

Name Title Company 
Naser Abusaad, P.E., AICP
 President
 Civil Associates, Inc.
Peter Addy
 President & Managing Partner
 Ashford Building Solutions, LLC
Allen ‘Bud’ Beene, P.E., F.ASCE
 Senior Project Manager
 Parsons Transportation Group
Alberta Blair, P.E.
 Director of Public Works Dallas County
Jennifer Cottingham, P.E., F.ASCE (Vice Chair)
 Senior Consultant LJA Engineering, Inc.
Ricky A. Cribbs, P.E., S.E.
 Executive Vice President
 HLA Engineers, Inc.
John Dames, P.E.
 Transportation Department Leader, NTX and OK
 Jacobs Engineering
Jean Maier Dean, P.E.
 President and Chief Executive Officer
 Nathan D. Maier Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Carl Edlund, P.E.
 Charter Member US EPA (Retired)
  
Elle Holbrook Frier, P.E.
 Owner
 Frier Group
John Grounds, III, PhD, PE, CFM, D.WRE
 Vice President, Director of Water Resources
 LJA Engineering, Inc.
William R. Hanks
 Chief Executive Officer (Retired)
 Rosebriar Holdings, Inc.
Ignacio Herrera, P.E., LEED AP (BD&C)
 Vice President/Design Construction
 KDC Real Estate Development & Investments
John Ho, P.E.
 Vice President
 Huitt-Zollars, Inc. 
John 'Jay' E. Hofmann
 President and CEO - Dallas Office
Trinity Consultants, Director
Council of Industrial Boiler Owners
  
John M. Hunter, P.E.
 Deputy Chief, Water Resources Branch
 U.S. Army Corp of Engineers CESWF
Courtney Kelly, M.B.A., P.E.
 Project Director
 H.J. Russell & Company
David G. Liner, P.E.
 Director of Environmental Health & Safety
The University of Texas at Dallas
Office of Environmental Health & Safety		  
Ivan F. Nicodemus, P.E.
 Project Manager
 AECOM
Robert S. Patton, P.E., D.GE
 Senior Consultant (Retired)
 Henley-Johnston & Associates, Inc.
Stephen W. Smith, P.E. (Chair)
 Vice President, Engineering (Retired)
 Trinity Industries, Inc.
Terrace W. Stewart, P.E.
 Director of Infrastructure RJN Group 
Patricia Taylor, Ph.D., P.E.
 Team Leader/Environmental Engineer
 Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6
Allison Leopold Wood, EIT, CFM
 Water Resource Engineer
 Huitt-Zollars, Inc.