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Originally Posted by Joe G.
Lynn Tilton was the speaker. It didn't seem that out of place at the ceremony. The speaker owned over 100 companies, with a whole bunch being in tech, defense, etc. fields, right inline with your run of the mill major FIRST sponsor. Curious why her FIRST connection seems to be done through this rather than any of her other endeavors.
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From my understanding of her Dean's List speech, it was that she felt strongly about getting more girls involved with FIRST, and she felt getting two of her cosmetics businesses involved could help that. (From the sounds of it, Dean had approached her, and she got to make the choice of which of her companies she would use as a front for her holding companies involvement).
What this is really about is part of the whole we need to get more people, both individuals and businesses, involved that aren't Science and Technology companies. While I'm not exactly crazy with the promo video FIRST released, I overall applaud this. We need to show the world that everyone has a place in FIRST, even if you don't directly plan on going into work with Science and Technology. It's not about getting kids into STEM Jobs, its about getting the world to appreciate and respect the importance of STEM. The fact that we have a company completely out of STEM recognizing this is HUGE, and I hope more companies not directly in STEM follow.