“…Admiral Robb was the greatest proponent of STEM education and of investing in this future of our industry. He also challenged us to keep [students] in this community and to find ways to plug them into the conference to connect them to the job fair and into the defense industrial base, and to encourage them, to mentor them, into leadership roles.”
–Janet Spruill, I/ITSEC Scholarship Chair and EVP of Government Programs at Aptima


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