John Mullervy
John Mullervy ’00SEAS completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Columbia in 2000–the first member of his family to graduate from college–and his Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Boston University in 2005. He is currently the Firmware Engineering Manager at Instron, a division of Illinois Tool Works. In the span of his career, he has helped design and release several products in the semiconductor and materials testing fields.
Mullervy has volunteered for Columbia since graduation, starting with conducting alumni interviews. His involvement with the Boston club started in 2004 with running the email list and digitizing the club’s processes and communications. As social media was invented, he pioneered the Boston club’s presence on the platforms of the day. With the Columbia Alumni Association of Boston, he served as vice president from 2008 to 2016 and president from 2016 to 2019–and remains involved to this day. Mullervy was part of the leadership team awarded the CAA Domestic Club of Excellence in 2014. He has been a speaker at multiple Columbia Alumni Leaders Experiences, sharing his expertise on club management, leader succession, and NationBuilder. He was a member of the CAA Board of Directors from 2017 to 2023, serving on the Associations & Clubs Committee for six years and acting as co-chair for two of those years. Additionally, he has held roles on the Leaders Experience Steering Committee and the Nominating Committee. He co-chaired the A&C Subcommittee for the first in-person, post-pandemic Leaders Experience in 2022. He continues to contribute to committees and task forces as needs arise. John lives with his wife Stephanie and two sons, Colin and Declan, in Massachusetts.