Rhonda L. Radcliff

Rhonda L. Radcliff was born in Fairmont, WV and raised on a dairy farm outside of Morgantown, WV. She started at WVU in 1985 and was a resident assistant in the dormitories for three years. She worked at the WVU Library and tutored the WVU athletes in math, chemistry and physics. She graduated from WVU with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering in 1989.

Radcliff moved to Houston, TX and began her career with Exxon in the Refining and Supply Division in June 1989. She held various positions in refining and then transferred over to Exxon Research and Engineering in 1998 to focus on process design for US refineries. She led the engineering development of a grass roots delayed coker unit at the Baytown Refinery and worked in the Bechtel Engineering office to oversee the development from 1999-2000.

Radcliff transferred to ExxonMobil Lubricants & Specialties and moved to Mountain View, CA, in 2001. She has been home based for the last 18 years. She consults with Lubricant distributors in the US on business and marketing.

Radcliff began her first endowed scholarship for WVU Engineering in 2001 and set up an additional six scholarships for engineering students from WV. She also set up two fellowship awards for research. Each of these scholarships was named to honor someone in her family or friends.

Radcliff and her husband, Robert Mullenger, have a daughter, Stella, and live in Mountain View, California.