1. Rackham Professional Alumni Council (RPAC)

Rackham Professional Alumni Council (RPAC)

The Rackham Professional Alumni Council brings together alumni and friends of the graduate school who are today’s global leaders in fields beyond academia to share their advice, knowledge, and connections to advance Rackham’s mission and vision for student-centered, faculty-led graduate education.

2025-26 Council Members

  • Marsha Blauwkamp (Ph.D. ’07)
  • Mark Buchanan (B.S.E. 1988; M.S.E. ’89)
  • Alexander Conison (M.A. ’10; Ph.D. ’12), Flaviar
  • Chanese Forte (Ph.D. ’21) Union of Concerned Scientists
  • Katherine Gallagher Robbins (Ph.D. ’15), National Partnership for Women & Families
  • Gail Gibson (Ph.D. ’17), Kessler Scholars Collaborative
  • Mazy Gillis (B.A. 1990), Koch
  • Sang Han (M.A. 1997; M.A. ’97) University of Washington
  • Jamie Hart (M.A. 1996; Ph.D. ’99; M.P.H. 2000), Coalition to Expand Contraceptive Access
  • Wanda Hung (M.S.E. ’05), Google
  • David Kostelancik (M.A. 1988)
  • Eric Lang (M.A. 1985; Ph.D. ’88), Behavioral Risk Sciences (BRS)
  • Andrea Lauer (M.S. 1994; Ph.D. ’96) Merck & Co.
  • Leah Makley (Ph.D. ’14), MBC BioLabs
  • Mark Matossian (B.S.E. 1987; A.B. ’87; M.S.E. ’88), Efficient Frontier; SPACE
  • Joel McDade (Ph.D. ’14), Quantum-Si
  • Vaibhav Nalwayav (M.S.E. 1998), Wavecrest Growth Partners
  • Chris Pels (Ph.D. 1983) iDev Technologies
  • Sujatha Ramanujan (B.S.E. 1988; M.S.E. ’91; Ph.D. ’95), NextCorps
  • Lidaris San Miguel Rivera (M.S. 2005; Ph.D. ’08), The Dow Chemical Company
  • Xin Sun (M.S.E. 1993; M.S.E. ’94; Ph.D. ’95), Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Stacey Symonds (M.A. 1996) Meta
  • Roger Valade (B.A. 1992), G2
  • David Wigder (M.S.E. 1995), Tock (Amex)
  • Chenan Xia (M.S.E. 2006; Ph.D. ’09), McKinsey & Company
  • Zhen Zeng-Liao (M.S.E. 1995), Jabez Eco-environmental Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.

Contact Us

Hours: Development and Alumni Relations is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The office is closed Saturdays and Sundays and on university holidays.

  • Location
    1530 Rackham Building
    915 East Washington Street
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1070

  • Contact
    Phone: 734.764.1125
    Fax: 734.936.2848
    Email: [email protected]