Board of Governors

The Manufacturing Leadership Council Board of Governors comprises senior manufacturing executives and industry experts at leading manufacturing and research organizations around the world.

Ron Castro

Ron Castro

Chair, MLC Board of Governors; Vice President and General Manager, Technology Lifecycle Services, Americas, IBM Corporation
Will Bonifant

Will Bonifant

Vice Chair, MLC Board of Governors; Group Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, Hormel Foods
Jim Davis, Ph.D.

Jim Davis, Ph.D.

Vice Provost IT (CIO/CTO) Emeritus, UCLA; Special Advisor on Smart Manufacturing, CESMII – The Smart Manufacturing Institute
Dan Dwight

Dan Dwight

Immediate Past Chair, MLC Board of Governors; President and CEO, Cooley Group; Executive Committee, NAM Board of Directors
John Dyck

John Dyck

Chief Executive Officer, CESMII – The Smart Manufacturing Institute
Regan Gallo

Regan Gallo

Director of Operations, Coated Abrasives NA, Saint-Gobain North America
Thomas R. Kurfess, Ph.D.

Thomas R. Kurfess, Ph.D.

HUSCO Ramirez Distinguished Chair in Fluid Power and Motion Control, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jay Lee, Ph.D.

Jay Lee, Ph.D.

Clark Distinguished Professor and Director of the Industrial AI Center, University of Maryland College Park
Tim O’Neal

Tim O’Neal

Global Director for Operational Excellence and Leveraged Services, Dow Inc.
Billy Spears

Billy Spears

Senior Vice President and Chief Product Delivery Officer, Xerox
Mike Tomasco

Mike Tomasco

Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, FUJIFILM Biotechnologies