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
Vice Chair, MLC Board of Governors; VP & Chief Supply Chain Officer, IBM Corporation
Will Bonifant
Vice President, Manufacturing, Operations Technology and Supply Chain Strategy, The Hershey Company
David R. Brousell
Founder, Vice President and Executive Director, Manufacturing Leadership Council
Jim Davis, Ph.D.
Vice Provost Emeritus, Smart Manufacturing, Data Science, and CESMII, UCLA
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.
Clark Distinguished Professor and Director of the Industrial AI Center, University of Maryland College Park
Tim O’Neal
Global Operations Director for Operational Excellence and Leveraged Services, Dow Inc.
Jill O’Sullivan, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Computer Systems Department, Farmingdale State College
Billy Spears
Senior Vice President and Chief Product Delivery Officer, Lexmark International, Inc.
