Leadership
Founder
Dean Kamen - President, DEKA Research & Development Corporation
Board of Directors
Kelly Ortberg - Co-Chair; Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Rockwell Collins
Robert M. Tuttle - Co-Chair & Treasurer; General Partner, 1848 Associates
John E. Abele - Vice Chair; Founding Chairman, Retired, Boston Scientific Corporation
Dean Kamen - Founder; President, DEKA Research & Development Corporation
Donald E. Bossi - Secretary; President, FIRST
Virginia Addicott - President & Chief Executive Officer, FedEx Custom Critical
Dr. Robin N. Coger - Dean, College of Engineering, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (A&T)
Walter P. Havenstein - Chief Executive Officer, Retired, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Dr. Paul E. Jacobs - Executive Chairman of the Board, Qualcomm Incorporated
Muhtar Kent - Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer, The Coca-Cola Company
Dr. Laurie Leshin - President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
John H. Lynch - Former Governor, State of New Hampshire
Scott McKay - Executive Vice President of Business & Product Strategy, Genworth Financial
Dennis A. Muilenburg - Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, The Boeing Company
Robert L. Parkinson, Jr. - Chairman Emeritus, Baxter International, Inc.
David Siegel, Co-Chairman, Two Sigma Investments
Myron E. Ullman, III - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Retired, JCPenney
Vincent Wilczynski, Ph.D. - Deputy Dean, School of Engineering & Applied Science, Yale University
Honorary Directors
Paul A. Allaire - FIRST Chairman: 1995-2000; Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Retired, Xerox Corporation
J.T. Battenberg III - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Retired, Delphi Corporation
Francois Castaing - Executive Vice President, Retired, Chrysler Corporation
L. John Doerr III - Partner, 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 - Co-Chair & Distinguished Advisor; Pappalardo Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kevin Ross - Co-Chair, Founder, Washington FIRST Robotics
Ray Almgren - Chairman, FIRST in Texas
Gail Alpert - President, FIRST in Michigan
Mark Breadner - President, FIRST Robotics Canada
Sujeet Chand - Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President, Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Cosema (Connie) Crawford, P.E. - Senior Vice President, The Louis Berger Group, Inc.
Michael Dubno - Head of Global Markets & Research Technology, Retired, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Erica Fessia - Director of Community Engagement, Qualcomm Incorporated
Greg Hale - Vice President & Chief Safety Officer, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
Erik Halleus - President & Chief Executive Officer, EuroScandia Enterprises
Luan Heimlich - Manager, Technology-based Outreach, Department of Engineering, Macquarie University
James E. Heppelmann - President & Chief Executive Officer, PTC
Marc Hodosh - Co-Creator, TEDMED
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
Paul Lazarus - President, White Dwarf Productions
Susie Mathieu - Partner, Spirit Hockey, LLC
Ceci Neumann - Independent Law Practice Professional
Heidi Sipe - Superintendent, Umatilla Public Schools
Robert Sobolewski - Chair, President, ingenuityNE
Dave Wilson - Vice President of Product Marketing, National Instruments
FIRST Leadership Team
Donald E. Bossi - President
Steven R. Chism - Vice President, Programs
Terry Durkin - Vice President, Finance
Mark Giordono - Vice President, Development
Mark Greenlaw - Vice President, Strategy and Impact
Roseann Stevens - Vice President, Field Operations, Volunteer Resources, and Youth Protection