An advisory board of business people and academics work together toward fully preparing students for success and ensuring discoveries and solutions reach the marketplace. When commercialized, discoveries can fully benefit society, drive economic development and generate new revenue.
C. Daniel (Dan) Azzara, Ph.D., is the Director of the E&I Program and Alan R. Warehime Professor of Food and Agribusiness in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State University. Dan recently retired from The Hershey Company where he was Senior Vice President, Global Research and Development.
Dr. Jeffrey Catchmark is Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. He received B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and has 9 years industrial experience and 17 years academic experience where he has been a Biological Engineer for the past 14 years.
William R. “Bill” Donley, Chairman of the E&I Program Advisory Board, is a retired 31-year senior management veteran with extensive experience in global materials and services businesses. He led a management buyout of Tangent Rail from former owner RailWorks, then served as Tangent's president and CEO from 2005 to 2010.
Dan Eichenlaub is President of Eichenlaub, Inc., a large full-service landscape contractor serving western Pennsylvania since 1974, when Dan and his five brothers created the business.
Ray Evans has over 44 years’ experience in the tire industry, half of which was with BF Goodrich in key technical, marketing, and sales positions followed by 10 years with Continental General.
John Finegan – Founder, Beck Ag, Inc., John Finegan has 35 years of sales, marketing, education, communications and management experience. He has a B.S. degree from Penn State’s College of Agriculture and served for two years in the U.S. Peace Corps as an Ag educator and advisor. Prior to founding Beck Ag in 1997, he spent 15 years with Chevron Chemical Company, in their Ag products division, in leadership positions ranging from sales, marketing, product development to regulatory affairs; he also completed Northwestern University's 12-month Kellogg Management Institute.
David Geiser, Ph.D., is a professor in the College’s Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology and Director of the Fusarium Research Center at Penn State.
Earl K. Harbaugh's entrepreneurial passion began in high school. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in General Agriculture from Penn State University in 1961, then worked with Cooperative Extension in Erie, Pennsylvania. He managed and started three family-owned businesses before founding five Illinois-based companies.
Wayne B. Martenas, Retired VP, Facilities and Security CNH America LLC
Hunter Swisher serves as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Phospholutions, Inc., which he founded prior to graduating with an undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University. Phospholutions develops solutions for managing global phosphorus use.
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