RCR Board of Directors:

Ed Tushar (President)

Ed Tushar graduated with a BS in Physics from the College of St. Thomas in 1974 and received an MS in Computer Science from Washington University in 1986. Mr. Tushar has over 30 years experience in computer programming and software engineering. He currently works at GeoEye, Inc. as a Sr. Geodetic Software Engineer. Mr. Tushar has served as a mentor of the River City Robots high school robotics organization since 2006.
 

DeAnna Cottrell (Vice - President)

DeAnna Cottrell attended St. Louis Community College, studying Information Technology. She has over 15 years of IT experience and is currently employed as a Business Support Technician at Suddenlink Communications.  She has been a mentor to the Channel Cats since 2005 and has mentored several Lego League teams. 

Ralph Lambert (Treasurer)

Ralph Lambert graduated in 1969 from Purdue University with a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in automatic controls. Mr. Lambert retired from McDonnell Douglas/Boeing as a Chief Engineer after 30 years of work on fighter aircraft flight controls and mission systems avionics. Mr. Lambert currently volunteers at St. Paul grade school as an eighth grade Honors Science teacher, school-wide technology systems coordinator, robotics club sponsor and chess club sponsor. He has served as the chief technical mentor of the River City Robots high school robotics organization since 2002.

Graduated from Ranken Technical College with a certificate in Computer Technologies.   Has 28 years of work experience in maintenance, electrical, PLC programming and robotics.  Mr. Cottrell is currently the Maintenance Manager at Graham Packaging, a plastic blow molding manufacturer in St. Louis where he has been for over 25 years.  He also 30 years of extensive experience working with personal computers

LeAnn Heumphreus - (Committee Chair)

Ms. Heumphreus holds a B.S. from Fontbonne University in Mathematics & Computer Science with an emphasis in Business. She has over 15 years experience in computer programming, analysis and data modeling. She is an active member of PEO, a fraternal organization dedicated to promoting the education of women world-wide. She currently mentors FIRST Robotics Competition Team 1094 in Special Awards, Team Building and Spirit.

Lisa Naeger - (Committee Chair)

Joe Waidman - (Committee Chair)

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