Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA)
Robert Finnegan is an experienced professional in education, workforce development, and social impact. Currently serving as the Head of Education and Workforce Development at Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) since August 2023, Robert focuses on revitalizing the domestic textiles industry through innovation and collaboration. As the Founder and Chief Consultant of Guided Impact since July 2022, Robert assists organizations in enhancing their social impact. Prior roles include Vice President for Strategic Partners at The Possible Zone, where Robert advanced economic equity through workforce education, and Director of National Professional Services at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, where responsibilities included leading professional development initiatives and technology implementations. Robert's career began at the San Francisco Unified School District, where roles included Program Director. Robert holds a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Cambridge College and a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Literature from Merrimack College.
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Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA)
Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA), is a non-profit Institute headquartered in Cambridge, MA and is one of the newest members of the Manufacturing USA Institutes. AFFOA's mission is to rekindle the domestic textiles industry by leading a nationwide enterprise for advanced fiber & fabric technology development and manufacturing, enabling revolutionary system capabilities for national security and commercial markets. At the heart of this revolution is a simple premise: highly functional textile-systems necessitate sophisticated fiber-device components. To pursue this mission, AFFOA addresses the spectrum of manufacturing challenges associated with volume manufacturing of revolutionary fibers and textiles from design to end products. AFFOA facilitates the transition of these revolutionary fiber and textiles from the laboratory through pilot production, delivering the functionality of semiconductor devices and systems at fiber length, uniformity, and cost. AFFOA leads the convergence of semiconductor technology into fiber and textile production to commercialize textile products that see, hear, sense, communicate, store and convert energy, regulate temperature, monitor health, and change color while delivering the conventional qualities of textiles to benefit the commercial consumer and warfighter.