Board of Directors
Ian Johnson
MECOP Chair | IT Applications Manager, On Semiconductor
M.S. Software Engineering, Portland State University
7 Years of service | Program Graduate
Having been a former MECOP graduate, Ian has been involved with MECOP since 2011 when he joined the Manufacturing committee. Since then he has chaired the Manufacturing and later Operations committees before becoming the current MECOP chair in 2018. At ON Semiconductor since 2005, Ian continues to work with ON’s internal teams in partnering with MECOP; taking in a new group of interns each year, and having hired multiple MECOP alumni during this time.
Darren Kipper, P.E.
MECOP Vice Chair | Principal Engineer (Retired), Portland Water Bureau
B.S. Civil Engineering - Water Resources, Oregon State University
14 Years of service
Oregon State was the "springboard" for Darren's career in Civil Engineering; involving private and public relationships in Oregon, California and Washington. Darren has served MECOP in many roles since he started as a member representative for the City of Portland. He has served on multiple Committees and has been elected for multiple terms as both the CECOP chair (2013) and the chair of MECOP itself (2016, re-elected for 2019). Darren’s experience stems from his many years of service with the City of Portland managing and working on many multi-million dollar projects.
In a nutshell, I'm passionate about MECOP and its Mission. How can one not be? When I was cutting my teeth on a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering at Oregon State University in the late seventies I had a vision of what engineering would mean to me and now 40 years and an engineering career ago the vision is clear - MECOP.
Megan VanDelinder
MECOP Outgoing Chair | HR & Recruiting Director, Concept Systems
B.S. Communications, Arizona State University
7 Years of service
Megan began her work with MECOP in 2011 as an alternate member representative with Concept Systems, and later transitioned into the member representative role. In 2014 Megan was elected Public Relations Chair, a role she served for 2 years before being elected into the Vice Chair position in June of 2016. In July of 2017, she transitioned into the MECOP Chair position and is now the Outgoing Chair, continuing to serve on the board and assist with ongoing projects and initiatives. As the HR & Recruiting Director for Concept Systems, Megan coordinates internally with managers for annual internship needs and is actively engaged in the MECOP program attending events as a member representative and with the board, including presenting at 407 lectures at Oregon State and University of Portland. Concept Systems has had a great relationship with MECOP over the past 12 years and continues to have exceptional interns. Concept Systems has hired numerous MECOP alumni during this time and continues to support and promote the MECOP program.
Jim Griffis
Treasurer/CFO | Senior Vice President (Retired), David Evans and Associates
B.S. Forest Engineering, Oregon State University
20 Years of service
Jim is retired from practice, ending his career as senior vice president for a west coast based, 1000 person consulting engineering firm with offices throughout the U.S. Jim became involved with MECOP when more demand for civil engineering interns was expressed from industry (1998) and represented one of the six “founding” firms for the CECOP (Civil Engineering Cooperative Program) branch of MECOP. Jim is a past chairman of CECOP, having been involved with the program for 20 years now. Even in retirement, Jim strongly believes in the program and sees this small investment in his time as very small price to pay, working for and with those students who will take our place and become tomorrow’s leaders.
Beau Braman, P.E.
Chair, CECOP | Civil Engineer, Harper Houf Peterson Righellis Inc.
B.S. Civil Engineering, Oregon State University
6 Years of service
Beau currently works as a Project Engineer for HHPR and has been with the company for 12 years. He has been the CECOP company representative for 6 years. Beau graduated from Oregon State University in 2005 and was part of the CECOP program as student. With CECOP, he has served as the chair for the Requirement and Retention subcommittee and is currently the CECOP Chair.
Steve Horvath
Committee Chair, Electronics | Staff Aviation Systems Engineer, Garmin AT
B.S. Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
17 Years of service
Steve is a Staff Aviation Systems Engineer at Garmin AT where he helps define and develop state-of-the-art avionics. His MECOP involvement stretches back nearly 20 years in roles from being a mentor to his current position as MECOP board member and its Electronics Committee chair. His background includes leadership positions at Motorola and Garmin AT, and he currently sits on the Oregon State University EECS industry advisory board. Starting from his experience of being a Kemper Scholar intern while attending the University of Illinois working towards his B.S. in Computer Science, Steve strives to balance the needs of the interns, the goals of the MECOP organizations, and the role MECOP takes toward providing experiential learning for students at the MECOP universities.
Eric Larson
Committee Chair, Public Relations | Production Manager, A-Dec
B.S. Industrial Engineering, Oregon State University
10 Years of service | Program Graduate
Eric currently works as a Production Manager for A-dec and has been with the company for 17+ years. Eric graduated from Oregon State University in 2000 and participated in MECOP as a student. During his time at A-dec, Eric continued to support the MECOP program as a mentor, company representative, and currently serves as a MECOP board member. There are currently over 40 MECOP grads working at A-dec.
Gary McGuire
Committee Chair, NCRRC - MECOP | Independent Consultant
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State University
10 Years of service | Program Graduate
Gary was one of the first Mechanical Engineers to go through the MECOP program and was hired by one of the two companies that he interned with. His career has been in product design and has managed design groups through new product development cycles including sustaining the product during manufacturing. He has brought MECOP to new companies and set up the Rand Sherwood Scholarship fund with OSAC when he was the committee chair of the Student Support Committee. Later he served as MECOP's Chair, during which two committees were created; the New Member Committee and the New Company Recruiting and Retention Committee (NCRRC) of which he is currently serving as Committee Chair.
Jordan Reed
Committee Chair, Manufacturing | Quality Systems & Assurance Manager, Benchmade
B.S. Industrial Engineering, Oregon State University
5 Years of service | Program Graduate
Dave Seluga
Committee Chair, Student Support | Principal, Dudek
B.S. Wood Science and Engineering, Oregon State University
12 Years of service
Dave has been a member of MECOP/CECOP since 2005 through various companies, serving as CECOP Vice–Chair 2011-12 and CECOP Chair 2012-13. He has been serving as the MECOP Student Support Committee since 2015 and was recently elected for a second term. Dave has served three terms as a MECOP Board Director in his varied capacities. One of Dave’s current assignments is to oversee the development of the MECOP Alumni Organization.
Steve Townsen, P.E.
Committee Chair, NCRRC - CECOP | City Engineer, City of Portland
B.S. Civil Engineering, Oregon State University
18 Years of service
Having been a High School teacher and coach before becoming an engineer, Steve greatly values the partnership between the students, companies and universities to enhance the education of future engineers that MECOP provides. Steve began working with MECOP in 2000 and has been the City of Portland’s Member Representative for the last 15+ years. Over the years he has served on many committees and in many roles including serving as the MECOP chair and twice as the CECOP Chair. The year Steve served as the MECOP chair he led the effort to convert MECOP into a non-profit. Steve is involved with the universities and serves on the Civil Engineering Advisory Board for Oregon State, Portland State and also the University of Portland. The City of Portland selects around 18 MECOP interns annually across multiple disciplines.
Ken Roley
Director at Large | Facilities Engineer, City of Salem
B.S. Civil Engineering, Oregon State University
17 Years of service
Ken is an engineer with the City of Salem and completing has second term as a Member at Large on the MECOP Board of Directors. In prior years he served on the CECOP Executive Board, and has been involved in the program for 18 years. As a strong supporter of the MECOP program, he has enjoyed mentoring interns, and lecturing at the 407 classes on meetings, presentations, and engineering ethics. Ken has supported the program by volunteering to draft the bylaws, the Operations Manual along with a Member Handbook, news articles, and several resolutions adopted by the Board.
Steve VanArsdale
Director at Large | General Manager, Garmin AT
B.S. Industrial Engineering, Oregon State University
28 Years of service
Steve has been involved with the MECOP program for 28 years in a wide variety of roles including: mentoring Interns at Garmin AT, representing Garmin AT as it’s MECOP representative, serving as a Committee Chair for multiple groups, and three terms as MECOP’s Board Chair in 2000, 2006 and 2010. He also serves on the Oregon State University Dean of Engineering’s Leadership Council and is on the Executive Board of Directors for the Strategic Economic Development Corporation (SEDCOR). Employing over 250 engineers, Garmin AT has over 40 graduates of the MECOP program on staff and selects around 15 MECOP interns annually.