Leadership
Founder
Dean Kamen - President, DEKA Research & Development Corporation
Board of Directors
Kelly Ortberg - Co-Chair; Former Chairman & CEO of Rockwell Collins and CEO of Collins Aerospace
Donald Bossi - Co-Chair & Secretary; Technology Venture Partners, General Partner
Richard L. Clemmer - Co-Chair; Former Chief Executive Officer & President, NXP Semiconductors
Dr. Laurie Leshin - Vice Chair; President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Dr. Vincent Wilczynski - Treasurer; Deputy Dean, Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science & James S. Tyler Director of the Center for Engineering Innovation & Design
Dean Kamen - Founder; President, DEKA Research & Development Corporation
John E. Abele - Founding Chairman, Retired, Boston Scientific Corporation
Ursula Burns - Senior Advisor of Teneo Ltd
Leanne G. Caret - President & Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Defense, Space & Security
Dr. Robin N. Coger - Dean, College of Engineering, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (A&T)
Karen Horting - Executive Director & CEO, Society of Women Engineers
Dr. Paul E. Jacobs - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, XCOM Labs, Inc.
Scott McKay - Former Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, Genworth Financial
Blake Moret - Chairman & CEO, Rockwell Automation
David Siegel - Co-Chairman, Two Sigma
Dr. Melissa Smith - Staff User Experience Researcher, Google/YouTube
Raj Subramaniam - President, Chief Operating Officer and Director, FedEx Corp.
Honorary Directors
J.T. Battenberg III - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Retired, Delphi Corporation
Francois Castaing - Executive Vice President, Retired, Chrysler Corporation
L. John Doerr III - Chairman, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Gary L. Tooker - Chairman of the Board, Retired, Motorola, Inc.
James R. Utaski - FIRST Chairman: 2000-2002; Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions Officer, Retired, Johnson & Johnson
Senior Advisors
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson - President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen - Deputy Chairman of the Board, LEGO Foundation & KIRKBI A/S
Dr. William P. Murphy, Jr. - Founder, Cordis Corporation
Steve Sanghi - Chairman of the Board, President & Chief Executive Officer, Microchip Technology, Inc.
The Honorable Jeanne Shaheen - United States Senator, New Hampshire
Josh Weston - Honorary Chairman, Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
Executive Advisory Board
Dr. Woodie Flowers (1943 - 2019) EAB Chair Emeritus & Distinguished Advisor
Kevin Ross - Co-Chair; Founder, FIRST Washington
Heidi Sipe - Co-Chair; Superintendent, Umatilla Public Schools
Charlie Ackerman - Senior Vice President, Human Resources North America, Robert Bosch LLC
Ray Almgren - Chief Operating Officer, Swift Sensors, Inc.
Gail Alpert - President, FIRST in Michigan
Susie Armstrong - Senior Vice President of Engineering, Qualcomm
Mark Breadner - Co-Founder and Former President, FIRST Canada
Cosema (Connie) Crawford, P.E. - Director of P3 Rail, Itinera Infrastructures and Concessions
Greg Hale - Vice President & Chief Safety Officer, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
Luan Heimlich - Manager, Technology-based Outreach, Department of Engineering, Macquarie University
Jahmy J. Hindman - Chief Technology Officer, Deere & Company
James E. Heppelmann - President & Chief Executive Officer, PTC
Kent H. Hughes - Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Esben Staerk Jørgensen - President, LEGO® Education
David Lavery - Program Executive for Solar System Exploration, NASA
Ceci Neumann - Independent Law Practice Professional
Cate Prescott - Global Vice President of Human Resources, NI
Nancy Quan - SVP, Chief Technical Officer, The Coca-Cola Company
FIRST Leadership Team
Chris Rake - Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer; Acting Interim President
Ron Falcone - Chief Sourcing Officer
Erica Newton Fessia - Vice President, Global Field Operations
Mark Giordono - Vice President, Development & Alumni Relations
Amy Lynn Hunt - Chief People Officer
Danielle Pliska - Vice President, Finance