Our Advisors
Industry Advisory Council
Tufts Gordon Institute's Industry Advisory Council (IAC) is comprised of senior leaders from a variety of companies and organizations and is responsible for providing guidance on the continued evolution of the Institute.
Members of the council consult with Tufts Gordon Institute on issues including:
- Development of new educational programs.
- Support of activities that help TGI students and alumni advance their knowledge of technology leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship.
- Advocacy of the value of TGI’s educational offerings to industry and potential students.
Council Members
Mert Aktar
Senior Vice President, Global Head of Corporate Development & Strategy, Kite Pharma
Brett Boghigian
Vice President, Biology Platform, FL79, Inc.
Jeffrey D'Amelia
Chief Engineer, The MITRE Corporation
Heather Gaylord
Head of the Transformation Management Office, Takeda
Chris George
Vice President of Manufacturing, Axcelis Technologies
Sean Hemingway
Chief Operating Officer at Imvax, Inc.
Kathrin Knauf
Site Head, Clinical Manufacturing, Moderna
Jim Lawton
Vice President and General Manager, Robotics Automation, Zebra Technologies
Carl Long
Global Quality Director, Cabot Corporation
Matt Lyman
Vice President of Engineering, Toast
Mark Martin
Managing Director, Forward Pivot, LLC
Azin Nezami
Senior Director, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Allison Perkel
Head of Software and Firmware Development, Blink, Amazon
Diane Roberts
Senior Director, Software Development & Site Lead, Sonos
Forrest Roush
Director, External (Corporate) Business Development and Strategy Execution, Corning Life Sciences
Richard Russell
Vice President, STR
Mihir Shah
CIO, Enterprise Head of Data Architecture and Engineering, Fidelity Investments
David Sullivan
Vice President, Global Vaccines, Biotech, & Sterile Injectable Manufacturing Sciences & Technology, Pfizer
Nick Svencer
General Manager, Pramand LLC
Robert Treiber
President, Boston Engineering Corporation
John Wilson
Vice President, CIO & CSO, The MITRE Corporation
Senior Vice President Technical Operations & Quality, Generate Biomedicines