Leadership
Founder
Dean Kamen - President, DEKA Research & Development Corporation
Board of Directors
Kelly Ortberg - Chairman; Former Chairman & CEO of Rockwell Collins and CEO of Collins Aerospace
Donald Bossi - Vice Chair; General Partner, Technology Venture Partners
Richard L. Clemmer - Vice Chair; Former Chief Executive Officer & President, NXP Semiconductors
Dr. Laurie Leshin - Vice Chair; Director, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dr. Vincent Wilczynski - Treasurer; Deputy Dean, Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science & James S. Tyler Director of the Center for Engineering Innovation & Design
Chris Moore - Secretary; Chief Executive Officer, FIRST
Dean Kamen - Founder; President, DEKA Research & Development Corporation
Ursula Burns - Chairwoman, Teneo
Leanne Caret - Senior Advisor
Dr. Robin N. Coger - Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, East Carolina University
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
Martine Rothblatt - Chairperson, CEO & Founder, United Therapeutics
David Siegel - Co-Founder & Co-Chairman, Two Sigma & Chairman, Siegel Family Endowment
Dr. Melissa Smith - User Experience Research Manager, Google/Youtube
Raj Subramaniam - President, Chief Executive Officer & Director, FedEx Corporation
Robert M. Tuttle - General Partner, 1848 Associates
"Grace" Jinliu Wang, Ph.D. - President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
General Janet Wolfenbarger - United States Air Force, Retired
Honorary Directors
John E. Abele - Founding Chairman, Retired, Boston Scientific Corporation
J.T. Battenberg III - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Retired, Delphi Corporation
L. John Doerr III - Chairman, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Walt Havenstein - Chief Executive Officer, Retired, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
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
Jahmy J. Hindman - Chief Technology Officer, Deere & Company
Kent H. Hughes - Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
David Lavery - Program Executive for Solar System Exploration, NASA
John McEleney - Corporate Vice President of Strategy, PTC
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 Moore - Chief Executive Officer, FIRST
Chris Rake - Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Brooke Blew - Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Dr. Janell N. Catlin - Vice President, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Pete Diaz - Chief Information Officer
Ron Falcone - Chief Sourcing Officer
Mark Giordono - Vice President, Development & Alumni Relations
Amy Lynn Hunt - Chief People Officer
Danielle Pliska - Vice President, Finance
Michael Shea - Vice President, Program Delivery