Leadership
Founder
Dean Kamen - President, DEKA Research & Development Corporation
Board of Directors
Dr. Laurie Leshin - Chair; Director, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Donald Bossi - Vice Chair; General Partner, Technology Venture Partners
Richard L. Clemmer - Vice Chair; Chairman, Socratic Ventures, and Former CEO & President, NXP Semiconductors
Dr. Vincent Wilczynski - Treasurer; Deputy Dean, Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science and 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 Ltd.
Dr. Robin N. Coger - Professor of Engineering, East Carolina University
Karen Horting - Executive Director & CEO, Society of Women Engineers
Matt Randall -Co-Founder & CEO, OTTO Motors & Clearpath Robotics
Martine Rothblatt - Chairperson, CEO & Founder, United Therapeutics
James Scapa - Co-Founder, Escape Investment Management, and Founder, Former Chairman & CEO, Altair
Jayshree Seth - Corporate Scientist& Chief Science Advocate at 3M
David Siegel - Co-Founder & Co-Chairman, Two Sigma and Chairman, Siegel Family Endowment
Dr. Melissa Smith - Staff UX Research Lead, Google Workspace
Raj Subramaniam - President, CEO & Director, FedEx Corporation
Robert M. Tuttle - General Partner, 1848 Associates
Dr. Emily Van Dunk - Executive Director, Argosy Foundation
"Grace" Jinliu Wang, Ph.D. - President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
Dantaya Williams - Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, RTX
General Janet Wolfenbarger - United States Air Force, Retired
FIRST Leadership Team
Chris Moore - Chief Executive Officer, FIRST
Chris Rake - Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Brooke Blew - Vice President, Marketing & Communications
Dr. Janell N. Catlin - Vice President, Social Impact & Engagement
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 - Chief Financial Officer
Will Saxe - Vice President, Risk Management & General Counsel
Michael Shea - Vice President, Program Delivery
Honorary Directors
John E. Abele - Founding Chairman, Retired, Boston Scientific Corporation
J.T. Battenberg III - Chairman & CEO, Retired, Delphi Corporation
L. John Doerr III - Chairman, Kleiner Perkins
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, Retired, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen - Deputy Chairman of the Board, LEGO Foundation & KIRKBI A/S
Steve Sanghi - Chair of the Board, Microchip Technology, Inc.
Josh S. 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 - Former Senior Vice President, Human Resources North America, Robert Bosch LLC
Ray Almgren - President & CEO, Swift Sensors, Inc.
Gail Alpert - President, FIRST in Michigan
Susie Armstrong - Senior Vice President of Engineering, Qualcomm
Mark Breadner - Co-Founder & Former President, FIRST Canada
Greg Hale - Vice President & Chief Safety Officer, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
Jahmy J. Hindman - Senior Vice President & 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 - Co-founder, Onshape
Ceci Neumann - Independent Law Practice Professional
Cate Prescott - Chief People Officer & Executive Vice President, Verra Mobility
Nancy Quan - Senior Vice President, Chief Technical Officer, The Coca-Cola Company
