Rebecca M. Bergman

Rebecca M. Bergman is an American chemical engineer and the 17th President[1] of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota.

Before her presidency, she was a senior executive at Medtronic, and served on the college's Board of Trustees from 2007 to 2014.

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, 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 was also elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering in 2010 for technical leadership in the development of interventional vascular devices and drug delivery systems.