Our Team

Eric J. van Gemeren

Frmr Chief Technology Officer

Honeywell

Jason Arms

Executive Director

Amy Bates

Educational Consultant

S3 Strategies

Julian Alvarez

Sr Vice President of Business Development

Lonestar National Bank

Priya Ramachandran

Senior Director of Product Research & Development

NI

Stefanie Breyer

Consultant

Shawn Preston

Assistant General Counsel, Lubricants & Specialties

HF Sinclair Corporation

Len Rucinski

Executive Director of Crude Supply and Trading

Valero Energy Corp

Steve Schaffer

Advisor, Investor, Entrepreneur, STEM advocate

Cindy Stong

Chief Judge Advisor, FIRST Robotics Competition

FIRST

Jason Arms

Executive Director

Angela James

Finance Director

Jane Taylor

Director of Education and Outreach

Blake Ortiz-Alizieri

Development Director

Lucia Sevcik

Senior Volunteer Coordinator / Operations Manager

FIRST Robotics Competition

Jess Jankowitsch

Director of Impact & Evaluation

Alexxis Ferguson

Communications Manager

Jessica Mejia

Grants Manager

Juan Salinas

FIRST Robotics Competition

Operations Manager

Traci Woeppel

FIRST Tech Challenge Manager

Operations Manager

Dr Dee Wallace

FIRST LEGO League

Operations Manager

SueAnn Wade-Crouse

Grants Writer

Erika Diggs

FIRST Access Coordinator

Alex Kabli

FIRST LEGO League Coordinator

Central Region

Lon Cherryholmes

FIRST Tech Challenge Coordinator

North

Sara Brown

FIRST LEGO League Coordinator

North

Sammy Rivera

FIRST Tech Challenge Coordinator

South Region

Damaris Rivera

FIRST LEGO League Coordinator

South Region

Kati Duran

Texas Mentor

Central - Austin

Brad Maulden

Texas Mentor

Central - San Antonio

Sharon Sledge

FIRST Tech Challenge Program Delivery Partner

East Region / San Jacinto College

Bryan Melton

FIRST Tech Challenge Program Delivery Partner

East Region / San Jacinto College

Orlando Montalvo

Professional Trainer

Carlos Hernandez

Texas Mentor

South

Yolanda Woods

STEM Coordinator

Patsy Morehead-Potts

FIRST LEGO League Coordinator

East Region

Seth Lara

Event & Logistics Coordinator

Gabby Gandara

FIRST LEGO League Program Delivery Partner

West Region

Virgilio Gonzales

FIRST LEGO League Program Delivery Partner

West Region

Michael Reffler

Senior Lead Robot Inspector

FIRST Robotics Competition

Tim Ehrlich

Senior FIRST Tech Advisor

FIRST Robotics Competition

Terita Brent

Senior Volunteer Coordinator

FIRST LEGO League

Kevyn Hollowell

Senior Head Referee

FIRST Robotics Competition

Miranda Rodriguez

Senior Judge Advisor

FIRST Robotics Competition

William Scheidegger

Senior Head Referee

FIRST Tech Challenge

Srinath Madasu

Senior Judge Advisor

FIRST LEGO League

Jay Jordan

Senior Head Referee

FIRST LEGO League

Lucia Sevcik

Senior Volunteer Coordinator / Operations Manager

FIRST Robotics Competition

Joe Varnell

Key Volunteer