Kenny is a product builder, robotics mentor, and longtime FIRST alum. He helps build AI-powered software at PropRise and mentors FRC Team 4414 HighTide, where he works with students on strategy, scouting, and the team tools that keep a high-performing program moving. Kenny is especially interested in making software creation more accessible to people who do not think of themselves as programmers. His work focuses on using AI to help mentors and students turn good ideas into polished, useful products that make teams better.

Mike is the Head Coach of FRC Team 1678, the Citrus Circuits, and has been coaching the team since 2008. Trained as a Mechanical Engineer, Mike's day job is providing engineering consulting services for a wide range of clients spanning energy, manufacturing, ag-tech and med-tech applications. He lives in Davis, California with his wife Pearl and their two pets.

Manisha is an alumna of FRC 1100, Inverse Polarity, and began volunteering at events in 2014 as a junior. While at Drexel University for Biomedical Engineering, she began mentoring FRC 484 as a college awards mentor. Upon graduation, she returned to 1100 and is now one of the lead mentors, focusing on team development, scouting and strategy, outreach and Impact. Manisha is a Human Factors Engineer focused on user-centric design and testing, seeking ensure safety and efficacy in medical products. She is a Senior Voice for New England and has been featured on the largest FIRST stages around the world at FIRST Global.

Sam is a long-time mentor and WPILib developer, most recently having added the Java units and epilogue libraries.

Mo (FRC 1511 alum; 2022 Finger Lakes Regional Woodie Flowers Finalist) and Arianna (2023 Tech Valley Regional Woodie Flowers Finalist) bring a combined 25+ years of experience developing sustainable, award-winning FIRST programs. Together, they have led three distinct teams to seven FIRST Impact Awards, with a focus on building systems that scale across student leadership, outreach strategy, and award submissions. Most recently, they helped revitalize CHAOS’s Impact program following a 2025 submission hiatus, culminating in a 2026 New England District Championship FIRST Impact Award.

Dave is an FLL/FTC/FRC alum of 228, a mentoring alum of FRC 2168 / 1678, and President of the Board and Technical Mentor of FRC 6328. He studied management and mechanical engineering at WPI before working in Littleton, MA, where he started mentoring Mechanical Advantage as their lead technical mentor. Wanting to further his career in robotics, he took a leap and moved to California to join a startup that was setting out to change the agriculture industry. There, he joined Citrus Circuits as a hardware mentor and supported their developing educational curriculum. Having grown up with FIRST, he continues to mentor and volunteer to provide the next generation of students with the support and education he feels lucky to have.

Amy is the Technology Teacher for Ayer Shirley Regional Middle School by day, and the lead mentor for Milky Way Robotics by night. Over the past 3 years she has grown the program from ~20 students on two teams to 46 students on four teams. She loves working with middle school students and believes that every single student is capable of participating in robotics, they just need to have the opportunity to try it.

Emilio is a Technology Project Specialist managing infrastructure and deployments for a technology department. He is an FRC alumnus and a "full-stack" mentor for Spectrum 3847, working across everything from CAD and manufacturing to electrical and programming. He brings a strong focus to empower students to dive into STEM, and feel inspired while having fun.

Dylan is the Director of the Hirsch/Alperin Design-Innovate-Build (DIB) Lab at The Wheeler School in Providence, Rhode Island. He teaches computer science and creative technologies, coaches the school's FIRST robotics teams, and has guided award-winning student projects like the Electric Quahogs at the World Championships.

Orion is a FIRST alum with 16+ years of experience designing competitive robots and giving back to the FIRST community as a mentor, volunteer, and supplier. Senior Manager of Mechanical Engineering at FIRST, Orion is passionate about helping teams of all levels and backgrounds succeed in all of FIRST’s arenas. He is the Lead Design Mentor for FRC team 2713 Red Hawk Robotics and previously was Lead Design Mentor for FRC team 3005 RoboChargers and its various FTC programs.

Nate is an alum of FRC 269 and former mentor of FRC 6420. Since 2022 he has mentored with FRC 131, CHAOS from Manchester, NH. Nate has been designing and building custom roadcases for NE FIRST for two years!

Dan is a software professional and technology leader with over 20 years of experience building and breaking software solutions, currently serving as Chief Architect at Invicti Security, where he specializes in building agentic offensive cybersecurity tools that autonomously hack web applications and APIs, telling the good guys about vulnerabilities before the bad guys find out. A frequent speaker and co-host of AppSec Serialized, Invicti's podcast on web security, Dan brings his lifelong passion for technology and solving difficult challenges to FIRST as a mentor for FLL 27041 Thought Process and FRC 6328 Mechanical Advantage.

Michael is the Lead Technical Mentor for FRC 1403, Cougar Robotics out of Montgomery NJ. Michael is focused providing his students real world experiences through their robotics team and program.