Board of Directors
John E. Abele - FIRST Chairman; Founding Chairman, Retired, Boston Scientific Corporation
James R. Utaski - FIRST Vice Chairman; Partner, Whitestone Capital, LLC
Robert M. Tuttle - FIRST Treasurer; General Partner, 1848 Associates
Paul R. Gudonis - FIRST Secretary; President, FIRST
Dean L. Kamen - FIRST Founder; President, DEKA Research and Development
Ursula Burns - CEO, Xerox Corporation
Francois J. Castaing - President, Castaing & Associates
Deborah L. Grubbe, P.E. C Eng - Owner, Operations & Safety Solutions, LLC
Walter P. Havenstein - CEO, Science Applications and International Corporation (SAIC)
Gordon J. Homer - President, Gordon J. Homer Advisory Services
Elliott Masie, Chair - The Learning CONSORTIUM at the MASIE Center
Susie Mathieu - Partner, Spirit Hockey, LLC
Sheri S. McCoy - Worldwide Chairman Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson
Robert L. Parkinson, Jr. - Chairman & CEO, Baxter International Inc.
Dennis A. Roberson - Vice Provost, New Initiatives, Illinois Institute of Technology
Steve Sanghi - President, CEO, Chairman of the Board, Microchip Technology, Inc.
Thomas G. Stephens - GM Vice Chairman, Global Product Development
Ronald L. Zarrella - Chairman Emeritus, Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
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Executive Advisory Board
Dr. Woodie Flowers, FIRST Executive Advisory Board Chairman - Pappalardo Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ray Almgren - Vice President of Product Marketing and Academic Relations, National Instruments
Carl Bass - CEO, Autodesk, Inc.
Mark Breadner - East York Collegiate Institute
Cosema Crawford - Senior Vice President & Chief Engineer, MTA New York City Transit
Michael Dubno - Founder & Partner, Gadgetoff
Peter Gould - Vice President Engineering and Chief Engineer, Space and Airborne Systems, Raytheon Company
Greg Hale - Chief Safety Officer, VP, Safety, Accessibility & Advanced Technology, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Erik Halleus - President & CEO, EuroScandia Enterprises
Michael Heffron - President of Electronics, Intelligence & Support, BAE Systems, Inc.
James E. Heppelmann - President & COO, PTC
Marc Hodosh - President, TED MED
Kent H. Hughes - Director of Science and Technology, Woodrow Wilson Center
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson - President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen - Owner and Vice Chairman, LEGO Company
Robert Kruse - Executive Director, Electric Hybrid Vehicle Engineering, GM
Gordon Lankton - Chairman, Nypro Inc.
David Lavery - Program Executive for Solar System Exploration, NASA
Paul Lazarus - President, White Dwarf Productions
Rey Moré - Chief Quality Officer, Motorola, Retired
Dr. William P. Murphy, Jr. - Founder, Cordis Corporation
Cecilia Neumann - Attorney
Dr. Roland Schmitt - President Emeritus, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jeanne Shaheen - U.S. Senator
Josh Weston - Honorary Chairman, Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
Captain Vincent Wilczynski, Ph.D., Dean of Engineering, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
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FIRST Leadership Team
Paul R. Gudonis - President; Board Secretary
Steve R. Chism - Vice President, Programs
Terry Durkin - Vice President, Finance
Bruce Linton - Vice President, Planning and Field Operations
Roy Temper - Vice President, Development
Cheryl Walsh - Senior Director, Marketing & Media Relations
Ken Johnson - Director, FIRST Tech Challenge
Anna Maenhout - Director, FIRST LEGO League and Junior FIRST LEGO League
Deborah McKinstry - Director, Human Resources
Bill Miller - Director, FIRST Robotics Competition
Dia Stolnitz - Director, Strategic Projects