Imperial Global USA is comprised of the Imperial Advisory Council, Academic Theme Leads and Operations. The Advisory Council comprises influential leaders and partners who support Imperial’s growth and engagement in the Bay Area and beyond. Through their expertise and networks, they help foster meaningful collaboration and opportunity.

Advisory Council (external members)

  • Wendy Tan-White (Chair)

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    Wendy Tan-White (Chair) CEO | Intrinsic (an Alphabet company)

  • Kimberly Budil

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    Kimberly Budil Laboratory Director | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Rui Costa

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    Rui Costa President & CEO | Allen Institute

  • Daniel Doulton

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    Daniel Doulton CEO, President & Co-founder | Solaris Suborbital 

  • Ilan Gur

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    Ilan Gur Advisor | ARIA (Advanced Research and Invention Agency)

  • Michael Jewett

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    Michael Jewett Professor of Bioengineering | Stanford University

  • Oliver Keown

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    Oliver Keown Founder & CEO | Oath Surgical

  • David Livingston

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    David Livingston Chief Strategy Officer | Galvanize Climate

  • Ray Rothrock

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    Ray Rothrock Founder, FiftySix Investments; Partner Emeritus, Venrock

  • Lynn Rothschild

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    Lynn Rothschild Senior Scientist | NASA Ames Research Center

  • Terry Rudolph

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    Terry Rudolph Professor of Quantum Physics | Imperial College London / PsiQuantum

  • Dipender Saluja

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    Dipender Saluja Partner, Capricorn Investment Group

Advisory Council (Imperial members)

  • Professor Hugh Brady

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    Professor Hugh Brady President of Imperial College London

  • Amanda Wolthuizen

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    Amanda Wolthuizen Vice-President (Strategic Engagement and Communications) and Chief of Staff to the President

  • Professor Mary Ryan

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    Professor Mary Ryan Vice Provost for Research & Enterprise and the Armourers and Brasiers’ Chair for Materials Science

Academic Theme Leads

  • Professor Aldo Faisal

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    Professor Aldo Faisal Co-Director of the School of Convergence Science in Human and Artificial Intelligence

  • Professor Mary Ryan

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    Professor Mary Ryan Vice Provost for Research & Enterprise and the Armourers and Brasiers’ Chair for Materials Science

  • Professor Anthony Bull

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    Professor Anthony Bull Co-Director of the School of Convergence Science in Health and Technology

  • Professor Jonathan Eastwood

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    Professor Jonathan Eastwood Co-Director of the School of Convergence Science in Space, Security and Telecoms

  • Professor Karen Polizzi

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    Professor Karen Polizzi Co-Director of the Imperial College Centre for Synthetic Biology

  • Professor Ramana Nanda

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    Professor Ramana Nanda Associate Dean of Enterprise, Director of the Institute for Deep Tech Entrepreneurship

  • Professor Paul Kellam

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    Professor Paul Kellam Professor of Virus Genomics in the Department of Infectious Diseases

Operations

  • Cole Harry

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    Cole Harry Programme Director

  • Emily Pacheco

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    Emily Pacheco Program Officer