Industrial and Professional Advisory Council

The Industrial and Professional Advisory Council (IPAC) is a select group of representatives from industry, government agencies, academia, and the profession who advise the department on academic issues, current trends, and future directions in engineering. IPAC is a forum where ideas are exchanged and recommendations are made. IPAC provides direct linkage and communication between the department and the engineering profession.

Current Membership

• Harihara (Hari) Baskaran
  Department Head and Professor
  Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department
  Case Western Reserve University

• Kate Gawel
  Sr. Manager Contract Manufacturing
  Campbell Soup Co.

• Amy Ericson
  Sr. Vice President Protective and Marine Coatings
  PPG Industries

• Laura Johnson
  Global Program Manager, Operations Excellence Leadership & Safety Capability
  ExxonMobil

• Jai Pathak
  Director, Drug Product, Device and Combination Product
  AstraZeneca

• Priti Pharkya
  Senior VP of Ventures and Corporate Development, Genomatica
  Senior VP of Business Operations, Future Origins

• Scott Purnell – Chair 2025
  VP for R&D – Refining Technologies
  W.R. Grace& Co.

• Bruce Shook
  Serial Medtech Entrepreneur & CEO
  Board Chair– Penn State Research Foundation

• Utpal Singh
  Sr. Vice President, Small Molecule Drug Discovery
  Eli Lilly and Company

• Paula Garcia Todd
  Global Applications, Development, and Innovations Leader
  International Flavors & Fragrances