The Ivan Allen College Advisory Board provides advice to the dean regarding priorities and directions for liberal arts and social science education and research. Board members are from the private sector and academia and include both alumni and other individuals who are interested in the success of Georgia Tech.
Board Members
Blurb / Gallery Set
Amy Phuong (Chair)
INTA 2005, MBA 2014
Vice President, Government Relations
Atlanta Hawks & State Farm Arena
Eugene “Gene” Kansas (Vice Chair)
M.S. DM 2016
Founder and President
Gene Kansas | Commercial Real Estate
Kobi Abayomi
PUBP, IE 2000
Head of Science
Gumbel Demand Acceleration
H. Inman Allen
Emeritus Member
Retired Chairman & CEO
Ivan Allen Company
Ivan Allen IV
Director of Enterprise Business Development
Staples Contract and Commercial
Goldie K. Gabriel
IE 2001
CEO
Golden Path
Col. Stephen C. Hall
Emertius Member
IM 1967
United States Air Force (Retired)
Hubert L. “Herky” Harris, Jr.
IM 1965
Owner
Harris Plantation
Douglas R. Hooker
ME 1978, M.S. TSP 1985
Chief Executive Officer
Atlanta Connector Park
James B. Langford
Chairman and Founder
Georgia Prevention Project
H. Bruce McEver
IE 1966
Chairman Emeritus
Berkshire Global Advisors
W. Allen Morris
Joseph B. Owens, Jr
ECON 1977
Chief Financial Officer
Indego Africa
Beverly Seay
Southeast Regional Director
National Security Innovation Network
Amanda Shailendra
M.S. INTA 2005
Managing Partner
The Pendleton Group
R. Hoke Smart
HTS 2000
Chief Financial Officer
Windsor Built Homes
Haywood Solomon
IM 1970
Principal
HFS Management Consultants
Operating Partner
Promise Holdings Investment Group
John M. Stern
Owner
Methods Workshop, LLC
Kevin Widmaier
PUBP 2008
Partner and Head of Portfolio Management
BBR Partners
Ex-officio Student Members
Blurb / Gallery Set
Taylor Witte
IAC Ambassador Representative
Undergraduate Student
Degree: B.S. in Economics and Mathematics
Zhuoqi Helen Dong
President, Graduate Student Advisory Board
Graduate Student
Degree: Ph.D. in International Affairs, Science, and Technology
Aubrey Ward
President, Undergraduate Student Advisory Board
Undergraduate Student
Degree: B.S. in International Affairs and Modern Languages-Spanish