Dean’s Leadership Council

With a deep commitment to the mission of the university and the Division of Physical Sciences, the Dean’s Leadership Council (DLC) assists the dean and his leadership and development staff in building strategic relationships to garner philanthropic gifts to support the division, its departments, and its associated programs and research centers. The objectives of the DLC include:

Serve as ambassadors and advocates for the division
Build relationships with individuals and organizations
Assist in identifying and recruiting new DLC members
Make introductions to potential major gift supporters
Attend prospect and donor visits with the dean and development staff
Participate in peer reviews and prospect engagement strategy
Provide feedback and advice on divisional matters and development programs
Attend university and division events, host events, serve on host committees
Prepare for and participate in two meetings per year

Members

Jeffrey Marks ’80, PhD

Chair, Dean’s Leadership Council

Lam Research Corporation
Kenneth Abeloe ‘91

CTO and Director, Apex AI Industries
Jessica Droge ‘90

Vice President, Business Development, Amgen
Anissa Elayadi, MS ’96, PhD ‘99

Professional Staff, John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Zabrina Johal

Senior Director of Strategic Development, General Atomics
Rohun Kshirsagar
Senior Vice President, Data & Analytics at Somatus
Richard Libby ’80, MA ’82, PhD

Founding Director, Perihelion Capital Advisors
Shiva Malek
Global Head, Oncology Disease Area at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)
Elissa Seidenglanz

Former Defense and Aerospace Executive
Kenneth Stalder ’74, PhD

Founder, Stalder Technologies and Research
Larry Woolf '80, PhD
Technical Fellow, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
Lois Yu ’93, MS ‘95

Associate Director, Aerospace Corporation