Board of Advisors
The Fire Protection Board of Advisors meets annually to discuss current issues and future opportunities with the WPI faculty and administration. The board submits its recommendations and reports to the president of WPI and head of WPI's Fire Protection Engineering Department.
Current Members
Wayne D. Moore, P.E., (chair)
Vice President, Corporate Strategy
JENSEN HUGHES
Melissa Avila
Engineering Manager
Kidde-Fenwal, Inc.
Andrew G. Berezowski
HBT Engineering Fellow
Honeywell l Security and Fire
April Berkol
Chair of the SFPE Foundation Board of Governors
SFPE Research Foundation
Kristin Bigda
Senior Fire Protection Engineer
National Fire Protection Association
Philip Crombie
2nd Vice President
Forensic Laboratory Travelers
Sergey B. Dorofeev
AVP, Director of Fire Hazards and Protection Research
FM Global, Research Division
Dr. Anthony Hamins
Chief, Fire Research Division
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Zachary Magnone
Sr. Manager - Innovation and New Ventures
TYCO Fire Protection Products
Jeffrey Tubbs
Principal
Arup
Pravinray D. Gandhi
Director, Corporate Research
Underwriters Laboratories
Kevin Morin, PE
Principal
Code Consultants, Inc.
Thomas Scherpa
Chemical Engineering and Fire Protection Consultant
DuPont
Victor Sordillo, P.E., CSP
Senior Vice President
QBE Insurance
Lawrence W. Thau, Jr.
Chief Technical Officer
Victaulic
Bernie Till
Fire Protection Engineering Manager
AECOM
Jose L. Torero, Ph.D.
Professor of Engineering and Head of School
The University of Queensland
Peter J. Gore Willse, P.E., FSFPE
Vice President – Director of Research
Global Asset Protection Services LLC
Emeritus Members
Dougal Drysdale
Professor of Fire Safety Engineering
Fire Safety Engineering Unit
University of Edinburgh
Howard W. Emmons (deceased)
Professor Emeritus
Harvard University
Rolf H. Jensen (deceased)
Professor and FPE Department Head
Illinois Institute of Technology
Martin (Mickey) Reiss - retired
CEO
Rolf-Jensen Associates
George E. Toth
Chief Marketing Officer
JENSEN HUGHES
James Quiter
Principal
Arup
Donald J. Talka
Senior Vice President & Chief Engineer
UL LLC
Mike Knoll
Director of Solution Sales
SIEMENS Building Technologies Division