UW COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING - Key Persons


Agnes Tabasan

Job Titles:
  • Specialist

Aileen Trilles

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director
  • Senior Director of Human Resources

Al Brower

Job Titles:
  • Director of Computing Services

Alberto Aliseda - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Functions of This Committee

Alex Grothe

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Human Resources

Ali Cho

Job Titles:
  • Member of the STARS Team
  • Director, STARS

Alison Poppe

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Specialist

Allie Carpenter

Job Titles:
  • Lead Academic Adviser

Anders Brown

Job Titles:
  • Operating Partner / GLP Capital Partners

Andrew Yang

Job Titles:
  • Venture Investor

Anna Jansen

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Events

Anne Fitzmaurice Adams

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director

Babak A. Parviz

Job Titles:
  • Venture Partner / Madrona Venture Group

Bart Nijssen - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Functions of This Committee

Becky Rooney

Job Titles:
  • Director, Research

Betsy Winter

Job Titles:
  • Adviser Rep ( Non - Voting )

Brady Cox

Job Titles:
  • Software Engineer

Brooke Fisher

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Content

Caitlin Christian

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Carol Diem

Job Titles:
  • Director

Carolyn McQueen

Job Titles:
  • Advancement Assistant

Carrie Mills

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Pathways for Inclusive Excellence
  • Operations Manager, Pathways for Inclusive Excellence

Cassady Glass Hastings

Job Titles:
  • Director, New Programs & Innovation

Cathryne Jordan

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director
  • Assistant Director, Gender Equity and Student Groups

Cecilia Aragon

Job Titles:
  • Human Centered Design & Engineering

CEE Chair

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Functions of This Committee

Charlotte Goddard

Job Titles:
  • Policy and Administration

Chelsea Yates

Job Titles:
  • Director

Chris Beason

Job Titles:
  • Digital Marketing Strategist

Chris Neils

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Claire Sandoval

Job Titles:
  • Office Coordinator

Clara Peterson

Job Titles:
  • Director, Events

Claudia Aguirre

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Cole DeForest

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Corey Clay

Job Titles:
  • Diversity Equity and Inclusion Officer at Mechanical Engineering

Curtis Takahashi

Job Titles:
  • Student Programs Coordinator

Cynthia Chen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Functions of This Committee
  • Interim Chair
  • ISE Interim Chair

Dana Pierson

Job Titles:
  • Office Support Supervisor

Daniel Ratner

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Functions of This Committee
  • Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Dan Ratner oversees student-focused educational innovation and processes, implementation of ABET processes, and academic integrity and misconduct policies and procedures. Academic Affairs staff manage several student-focused program areas: student academic services, study abroad, the Career Center @ Engineering, the Industry Capstone Program, graduate studies and professional master's programs. Through The Office for the Advancement of Engineering Teaching & Learning, staff support engineering educators looking to enhance their teaching.

Daniel T. Ling

Job Titles:
  • Vice President Research ( Retired ) Microsoft

David Iyall

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean
David Iyall oversees the College's advancement efforts. Advancement staff build relationships with alumni and corporate and community partners and raise funds to support students, faculty, research and innovation. Programs include individual giving, corporate and foundations relations, alumni engagement, special initiatives and campaigns.

Daya Terry

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Deirdre Sumida

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director

Di Xiao - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Functions of This Committee
  • MSE Chair

Diane Jurgens

Job Titles:
  • Executive VP, Enterprise Technology and Chief Information Officer / Walt Disney Company

Donna M. Sakson

Job Titles:
  • President / S & a Mosaic, Inc.

Dorian Varga

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Industry

ECE Chair

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Functions of This Committee

Eli Williams

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment & Outreach

Emily Thurston

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

Eric Klavins - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Functions of This Committee
  • ECE Chair

Erik R. Byers

Job Titles:
  • VP, DRAM - Emerging Memory Process Development

Erin Schwartz

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director

Gail Cornelius

Job Titles:
  • Director

Greg DeBow

Job Titles:
  • Senior Computer Specialist

Heather Hoeksema

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, Strategy & External Relations
Heather Hoeksema oversees the implementation of the College's strategic plan, and is responsible for external communications and engagement strategy. Hoeksema leads the College's Marketing and Communications team and partners with the UW to secure state funding for major projects.

Heather Redman

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director / Flying Fish Partners

Heidi Hagen

Job Titles:
  • Biotechnology and CGT Executive and Board Member

James Carothers

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Functions of This Committee
  • Interim Chair

James Drake

Job Titles:
  • Business Analyst

Janae Brooks

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

Janeka Rector

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Jared K. Jordan

Job Titles:
  • Director of Engineering

Jens U. Quistgaard - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Jess Tapang

Job Titles:
  • HR Specialist
  • Human Resources Specialist

Jessica Par

Job Titles:
  • Senior Academic Adviser

Jessie Muhm

Job Titles:
  • Director

Jihui Yang

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Functions of This Committee
  • Principal Research Administrator
  • Vice Dean
Jihui Yang serves as the principal research administrator for the College. The Research and Faculty Affairs staff ensure that the College's research is conducted in a creative, efficient and ethical manner and foster best practices for integrating research with the College's educational goals. Yang provides leadership for strategic initiatives, and represents the College in activities related to fundraising, as well as federal and state relations.

Jill Kaatz

Job Titles:
  • Director, Industry

Jim Hermanson

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Joe Garbini

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

John Saw

Job Titles:
  • EVP, Advanced & Emerging Tech / T - Mobile

Judson (Jud) W. Virden

Job Titles:
  • Associate Laboratory Director / PNNL Energy

Julia Davis

Job Titles:
  • CEE Communications Manager

Julie Kientz - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Functions of This Committee
  • HCDE Chair

Jun Liu

Job Titles:
  • Materials Science & Engineering

Justin Labak

Job Titles:
  • Software Engineer

Kae Saeteurn

Job Titles:
  • Corporate & Foundation Relations Program Manager

Kaitlin Colleary

Job Titles:
  • Director

Kali S. Bader - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President

Karen Thomas-Brown

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean
Karen Thomas-Brown leads the College's ongoing efforts to be an accessible, welcoming and inclusive community. She develops best practices and guidelines that strengthen the College's goals around diversity, equity and inclusion, and collaborates with College and campus leaders to develop and implement programs that increase the participation and engagement of diverse and underrepresented groups across the College.

Karine Raetzloff

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Campaign and Special

Kathleen Crowell

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

Kaytie Ohashi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the STARS Team
  • Academic Counselor
  • Academic Counselor, STARS

Ken Yasuhara

Job Titles:
  • Director and Instructional Consultant

Kojay Pan

Job Titles:
  • Associate
Kojay Pan serves as the financial and operational lead in the College, tasked with crafting and shaping financial, budgetary, administrative, and operational policies and strategies to meet evolving needs.

Kristi Morgansen - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Functions of This Committee

Kristin Hofmeister

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director

Laura Swann

Job Titles:
  • Project Coordinator

Lauren Fryhle

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

Les Atlas

Job Titles:
  • Electrical & Computer Engineering

Lilli Hermann

Job Titles:
  • Member of the STARS Team
  • Engineering Education Specialist
  • Engineering Education Specialist, STARS

Linda Cadwell Stancin

Job Titles:
  • Vice President Engineering and Technology

Linda Shapiro

Job Titles:
  • Computer Science & Engineering

Lisa Tran

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager

Liz Young

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Loew Hall

Job Titles:
  • Facilities and Maps / Engineering Facilities

Louis Martin-Vega

Job Titles:
  • Dean of Engineering ( Emeritus ) North Carolina State University

Lucia Ersfeld

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Director of Special Projects & Administrative Operations
  • Director, Special Projects & Administrative Operations Assistant to the Dean

Lynne Spencer

Job Titles:
  • Lead Engineering Educational Specialist

Lyra Fontaine

Job Titles:
  • Communications Manager

Magdalena Balazinska

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Functions of This Committee
  • CSE Director

Mark Haselkorn

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Mark Lawrence

Job Titles:
  • Portfolio Manager / BlackRock

Marzette Mondin

Job Titles:
  • Director

Meher Antia

Job Titles:
  • Director, Grant Programs

Merry Fuchs

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Assistant to Associate Dean and Executive Director
  • Assistant to the Executive Director of Strategy & External Relations

Michael Glidden

Job Titles:
  • Director

Michael More

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

Michelle L. Carey

Job Titles:
  • Boeing Site Director for University of Washington / the Boeing Company

Michelle Reichelt

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

Mike Motley

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Millie Ito

Job Titles:
  • Member of the STARS Team
  • Engineering Education Specialist
  • Engineering Education Specialist, STARS

Miqin Zhang

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Nancy Allbritton - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Dean
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Functions of This Committee
  • Frank & Julie Jungers Dean of Engineering
  • Officer of the College of Engineering
Nancy Allbritton serves as the chief academic officer of the College of Engineering, a top-15 nationally ranked public university program with annual research expenditures exceeding $159 million. She provides leadership to over 279 faculty and more than 8,000 students. Under her guidance, the College launched an inclusive and wide-ranging strategic planning effort; advanced initiatives to build an inclusive and equitable environment for learning, research, service and outreach; and furthered plans to construct a student-focused new facility, the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building, to help address growth in student enrollment. The Dean works closely with the College's associate deans and advisory board in day-to-day and long-range planning.

Paul Nortrom

Job Titles:
  • Senior Computer Specialist

Pedro Arduino

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Functions of This Committee
  • Associate Dean, Infrastructure
  • Special Assistant to the Dean

Peter Ho

Job Titles:
  • Member of the STARS Team
  • Engineering Education Specialist

Peter Janicki

Job Titles:
  • CEO / Janicki Industries

Phil Spencer

Job Titles:
  • CEO, Microsoft Gaming / Microsoft

Phil Stephenson

Job Titles:
  • General Manager / PACCAR Technical Center

Princess Imoukhuede - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Functions of This Committee

Rachel Sok

Job Titles:
  • HR Specialist
  • Human Resources Specialist

Rebecca Kuenzel Shirley

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Rene Overney

Job Titles:
  • Civil & Environmental Engineering

Richard Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Robin Clayton

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Engineering

Ronald L. Litzinger

Job Titles:
  • Retired President / Edison Energy

Santosh Devasia

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Sarah McQuate

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

Sarah Pauling

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

Scott Dunham

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Scott Koziol

Job Titles:
  • Director, Grant and Finance

Sean Ferris

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Professional Programs Recruitment

Shan Liu

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Shanai Lechtenberg

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director

Sharon Dana

Job Titles:
  • Director

Sheldon Levias

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Sophie Lee

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Stefan Milne

Job Titles:
  • Public Information Officer

Steven A. Chisholm

Job Titles:
  • Boeing VP Sponsor for University of Washington / the Boeing Company

Sue Brennan

Job Titles:
  • Director

Sumit Roy

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Functions of This Committee
  • College Council Chair

Susan Betcher

Job Titles:
  • Patent Partner / Perkins Coie LLP

Tadayoshi Kohno

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean

Tatyana Berezyuk

Job Titles:
  • Program Operation Specialist

Tim Jacobs

Job Titles:
  • Director of Research Science & Global Planning Technologies / Amazon

Tom Daniel

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer / Washington Research Foundation

Tsu-Jae King Liu

Job Titles:
  • Dean of Engineering

Tueng Shen

Tueng Shen provides guidance and support for existing programs and catalyzes new partnerships between faculty and trainees of the College of Engineering and UW School of Medicine. She engages institutional leaders to ensure that innovative efforts build long-term value for the UW and leads outreach to industry, non-profit organizations and other community organizations to advocate and promote the UW and its faculty and students. Contact: Alison Poppe, Administrative Specialist poppe1@uw.edu (206) 229-3885

Virginia Vacchiery

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Associate
  • Assistant to Associate Dean

Vivian Ho

Job Titles:
  • Financial Analyst