Our Board of Trustees

A Diverse Gathering of Industry Leaders

Officers of the Board of Trustees

  • President
    Prof. Aravinda Kar
    University of Central Florida; CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics
  • Past President
    Dr. Henrikki Pantsar
    TRUMPF Inc.
  • Vice President
    Dr. Sam Salama
    Hyperion Technologies
  • Treasurer
    Dr. Bo Gu, Ph.D.
    BOS Photonics
  • Secretary
    Klaus Löffler
    Precitec, Inc.
Trustee Affiliation
Neil Ball Directed Light Inc.
Robert Braunschweig LASEA Inc.
Dr. Hongqiang Chen
Dr. Constantin Haefner Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT
Jamie King Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Michael Lander Skyward LTD
Dr. Yongfeng Lu University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Eric Mottay Amplitude Laser Group
Dr. Rajesh Patel, Ph.D. NKT Photonics
Dr. Koji Sugioka RIKEN