ChBE External Advisory Board

Garry Betty (1957-2007)

Garry Betty, '79, passed away on January 2, 2007 at the age of 49. Garry served as president and CEO of EarthLink from 1996 to 2007. During his tenure, Garry transformed EarthLink from a small regional ISP with fewer than 100,000 members to a national brand with more than five million subscribers.

Garry was also a special friend to the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. He served on its External Advisory Board and also delivered the 2002 ConocoPhillips/C. J. "Pete" Silas Ethics Lecture. Additionally, Garry served on the Georgia Tech Board of Trustees Foundation. Garry was an active and dedicated member of the Georgia Tech community and will be missed by all who knew him.

Please visit "A Tribute to Garry Betty" for additional details.

Top Row: Roger L. Kearns, Glenn T. Wright, Mauricio Futran, Carlos J. Barroso
Second Row: Steven K. Hall, James F. Simmons, C. Garry Betty
Third Row: Elizabeth Moore, Thomas C. DeLoach, Jeffrey J. Siirola, Robert C. "Bud" Moeller, Robert C. Armstrong
Bottom Row: Charles A. "Chuck" Hall, Ray W. Miller, James Harris, Gerri Dickerson, Kellye Hafner

Board Member
* ChBE Alumni
± GT Alumni

External Position

Robert C. Armstrong*

Chevron Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering & Associate Director of MIT, Energy Initiative, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Carlos Barroso*

Senior Vice President Research & Development, PepsiCo International

Thomas C. DeLoach*
(Past Board Chair)

Executive Vice President & President Global Midstream (Retired), Mobil Corporation

Gerri Dickerson*
(Board Chair)

Vice President, CH2M Hill

Mauricio Futran

Vice President Process Research & Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Kellye P. Hafner*

Research & Development Director, Special Chemicals Division, MeadWestvaco Corporation

Steven K. Hall*
(Board Vice Chair)

Director, Citigroup Alternative Investments, Inc.

James P. Harris*

Senior Vice President, ExxonMobil Chemical

T. Allen Kirkley

Vice President Strategy & Portfolio, Shell Chemicals

Brian W. S. Kolthammer

R&D Fellow, The Dow Chemical Company

Ray W. Miller*

Business Development Director, DuPont Applied Biosciences

Robert C. "Bud" Moeller*

Consultant

Elizabeth Moore*

Program Director - Chevron Bundled Projects, WorleyParsons

Cheryl Perkins*

President & Founder, Innovation Edge, LLC

Jeffrey J. Siirola

Research Fellow, Eastman Res. Div., Eastman Chemical Company

James F. Simmons±

Vice President & General Manager (Retired), Celanese Limited & Chairman & CEO, Custom Solution Builders