Information on our dedicated Board of Directors
Craig Hudson, Board Chair. Craig recently retired as a Design Engineering Team Leader at Garmin. Craig serves as co-chair of the STEM Hub serving the North Willamette Valley and supports several statewide STEM/CTE committees. He has served for 8 years as an elected school board official, 6 years coaching FTC and many years supporting FLL/FTC/FRC tournaments.
Jon Spurlock, Vice Chair & Secretary. Jon is a management, strategy, and technology consultant with Slalom and a US Navy veteran. He also formerly founded and led the nonprofit San Quentin News.
Loren Wertz, Treasurer. Loren is a Manager of Learning & Development at First Tech Federal Credit Union. He also serves on FIRST Tech’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Council. He has served on ORTOP’s Development committee and recently served as a FIRST LEGO League judge.
Jonathan Anderson is the Vice President and General Manager of Microsoft Client Partnership at Intel.
Garrett Clark is a Technical Lead at HP. He has served as a technical mentor of a FIRST Robotics team for several years. He recently served as a FIRST LEGO League judge.
Aaryn Curl is a Technical Program Manager at Intel. She previously served as an Automation Software Engineer. She has led FIRST tournaments, served as a FIRST LEGO League referee and statewide head referee for FIRST Tech Challenge.
Angeles Godinez-Valencia is Education Director for Centro Cultural, a nonprofit that offers services for low income Latino families. She develops and facilitates a STEM curriculum that sparks K-12 grade students interest and confidence. As a Latina alumna of the FIRST Lego League and FIRST Tech Challenge, she recognizes the importance of developing programs for underserved communities that engage parents, students and professionals.
Mandy Mock is a vice president and general manager of Desktop, Workstation and Channel Group at Intel Corporation. Before assuming her current role, she spent 9 years in various leadership roles in IT, including as the general manager of product engineering solutions, director of financial information systems, and director of flex services, a business unit that provides burst capacity resources for software development Intel’s product teams
Heidi Sipe is Superintendent of the Umatilla School District. Heidi has served as a coach and mentor for teams from FIRST LEGO League through FIRST Robotics Competition for a number of years. In addition to serving on the ORTOP Board she is a member of the Executive Advisory Board for FIRST at the national level.
Cesar Martinez Spessot is the General Manager of Network and Edge Services and a Senior AI Architect at Intel Corporation. He has also served a judge at FIRST events on several occasions
