Aerospace Engineering Alumni Board and Working Groups

The mission of the University of Illinois Aerospace Engineering Alumni Board is to advance the standing, reputation, effectiveness, accomplishments, and leadership of the department as well as The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 

Members:

• President: Craig Barton, BS '88. chair (Masters & Certificates Alumni Advisory Group), - American Airlines - Retired
  Carlos Almeida, ’13 - United Airlines
• Laura Bogusch, BS '95 AE, MS '97 TAM - The Boeing Company
• Cindy Gruensfelder,  BS '87 - Leidos
• Mike Hopkins, BS '91 - Stratolaunch
• Suzy Hyun, 'BS '97 - Northrop Grumman
  Art Ibers, BS '84 - Leidos
• Dan Jensen, BS '88 chair (IDEAA Alumni Advisory Group), - Rolls-Royce
• Jon Kelly, BS '90, chair (Sustainability Alumni Advisory Group)  - Accenture
• Samantha McCue, BS ’13 - 5-D Systems, Inc. a KRATOS company
  Paul Niewald, MS ’90 - The Boeing Company
• Bill Norby, BS '85, MS '89 - The Boeing Company
• Tom Penn,  BS '85 - Cardiac Science - Retired
• Chris Raymond, BS '86 - The Boeing Company
• Jon Riley,  BS '87, MS '89 - National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
• David Rowatt, BS '91 - WireCo
• Derek Smith, BS '91 - PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Jay Thomas, BS ' -LDRA Limited