The Community of Process Engineers Managing Board

CPE Managing Board Chairs

Serving from February 2025 through 2027

Deborah Grubbe, PE, CEng, NAC, NAE

Chair, CPE Managing Board

Deborah obtained her BS in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University. She is the owner of a safety consulting company, and served in executive positions with both DuPont and BP. Deborah has been a member of the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, and consulted in safety culture with the Columbia Shuttle Accident Investigation Board. She currently serves on the Engineering Advisory Council at Rowan University, and on the Chemical Engineering Advisory Board at Drexel University. She is a registered Professional Engineer in Delaware, a chartered engineer in the United Kingdom, and is a Fellow of both the American and British Chemical Engineering Societies. She is a past President of AIChE and is an Emeritus Member of the Center for Chemical Process Safety.
Murphy Carley

Co-Chair, CPE Managing Board

Murphy Carley graduated BS ChE from Texas A&M University in 1990 and MBA University of Houston – Clear Lake in 1996. Murphy currently serves as the Global Improvement Director for Maintenance at Dow, leading the prioritization and implementation of enterprise-wide maintenance improvement initiatives. Murphy spent the first 25 years of her career in process engineering, in roles that span capital project execution and functional leadership working (for large EPCs and then Dow).

2025 CPE Managing Board Members

Michelle Bryner

AIChE Sr. Director, Publications, Facilitation, and Business Development
Bill Byers
Katie Cadwell

CEOC
John Cirucci
Jill Craven
Dale Keairns
Robert S. Parker

CTOC
Jean W. Tom
Sarah Wilson

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