Rebecca Bergman Ph.D

Rebecca Bergman Ph.D General Information

Biography

Dr. Rebecca Bergman serves as President at Gustavus Adolphus College. She officially began her duties as the 17th President of Gustavus Adolphus College. She served on the College's Board of Trustees from 2007 to 2014, and spent the past 26 years at Medtronic, Inc., including the last 14 years as a senior executive. Her most recent position was Vice President of Research, Technology, and Therapy Delivery Systems for the company's Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management (CRDM) business, where she led a research and development team of scientists and engineers. She previously served as Vice President, of CRDM New Therapies & Diagnostics as well as Vice President, Corporate Science, and Technology, where she directed biomaterials and biosciences R&D, new therapy development, and information management initiatives. She earned her B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University and undertook graduate study in a Ph.D. program in chemical engineering and material science at the University of Minnesota. She has received a number of Medtronic's highest technical and leadership awards during her tenure with the company.