One of the central goals of FIRST is to maintain a close connection with local industry. In this way we can insure the program is impacting students in the most effective way. To this end, the following leaders volunteer their time as members of the Oregon Executive Advisory Board:
Autodesk
Robert “Buzz” Kross
Sr. VP Manufacturing Solutions
Autodesk
Roxie Hecker
Sr. Program Manager
Ball Janik
Caitlin Sause
Government Relations Advisor
Boeing
Perry Moore – Board Chairman
General Manager
ECONorthwest
John Tapogna
President
Edelman
Charlie Burr
Account Supervisor Corp & PA
FLIR
Carlos Quintana
Director of Engineering
Google
Dave Karlson
Datacenter Site Manager
Insitu
Dr. Rolf Rysdyk
Dir. Guidance and Navigation Control
Kaiser Permanente
Bob Goetz
Executive Director, Test Services
Mentor Graphics
Paul Sale
Director Global Compensation
OnlineNewsroom
Terri Nopp
President
Oregon Department of Education
Cindy Hunt
Government Affairs Manager
TAO
Skip Newberry
President
TripWire
Aliza Dart Scott
VP HR
TripWire
Dwayne Melancon
CTO
Waggener Edstrom
Kim Davis
Sr. VP
Xerox
Jeff Blank
VP Product Development
FLL Partner
Bruce Schafer, ORTOP
Director, Industry Affairs Oregon University System
FIRST
Debra Mumm-Hill
Pacific NW Director
