Board of Advisors

Tiffani Teachey is a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Westinghouse Electric Company with over seventeen years in the energy industry. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, as well as a Masters of Science degree in Engineering Management, both from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Teachey is a Science, Technology, Engineering, […]

Lance Tucker retired in 2019 from NAVAIR after having worked in Propulsion there for 34 years. He spent the last 15 years of his career as the department head for Propulsion and Power. He is currently working for LTM doing business development and overseeing their engineering contract with NAVAIR. Tucker graduated from North Carolina State […]

Robert J. (Rob) Walters, is a partner in the law firm of Ergoniq LLC located in Northern Virginia. He specializes in intellectual property litigation in U.S. District Courts and the International Trade Commission. He has been recognized as a Washington D.C. SuperLawyer for intellectual property litigation for several years now and is a top ranked […]

Victoria Watlington, PE, PMP, is a licensed professional engineer and certified project management professional. She has held several roles in engineering, initiative management and operations management for Procter & Gamble, Sealed Air Corporation, and The Coca-Cola Company. She is serving her first term as the District 3 Charlotte City Council representative. A 2017 Charlotte Chamber […]

Manuel Zapata came to Charlotte as a political refugee in 1967. In 1991, he founded Zapata Incorporated, an engineering firm that provides engineering and construction services to the Department of Defense and private sector clients worldwide. Zapata, Inc. is a proud major employer or UNC Charlotte alumni, nearly one third of the company’s employees hold […]