External Advisory Board

COI Advisory Council Portal

Goals

  • Generate ideas and support for Cross Disciplinary Programs (camps, workshops, community events, speakers) for direction of the COI matching its vision, mission and strategic plan.
  • Impose challenges to COI that could improve the center activities and its recruitment pipeline for both innovation and outreach.
  • Planning and Implementing Public Relations to be influential leaders to create awareness about K-12 outreach programming and innovation

Responsibilities

  • Provide “counsel” on issues raised by COI Faculty & Staff
  • Encourage and support the exploration of new innovative ideas and interdisciplinary projects.
  • Act as a resource for COI
  • Provide social networking for COI
  • Meet with COI leadership/on the semester basis/to summarize the achievements and setbacks, develop plan of action and improvement

External Advisory Board Members

GE

Christine Furstoss, CHAIR

Retired Chief Technology Officer, GE Additive

KPMG LLP

Rich Archer

Partner, Retired, Risk Advisory Services

St. Clair Hospital

James M. Collins

President and CEO

Benedum Foundation

Dr. Jim Denova

VP, Benedum Foundation, retired

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

Murray Horne

former Curator of Art for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

West Allegheny School District

Dr. Jerri Lippert

Superintendent

FEEEDS Advocacy Initiative

Dr. Robin Renee Sanders

CEO and Ambassador (Retired)

Covestro LLC

Stephanie Strazisar

Head of the Specialty and Automotive Systems Group and has a PhD in Chemistry from Cornell