Regional Panning Committee
Well before the first robots arrive at a regional competition venue, hundreds of volunteer hours are invested into a FIRST Regional Competition. On behalf of all of the FIRST Robotics teams in Minnesota, as well as our fellow FRC teams nationally, we thank the following individuals for sharing their time, knowledge and gracious professionalism.
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Planning Committee Members
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| Mark Lawrence, Chairperson |
| Susan Lawrence, FIRST Midwest Regional Director |
| Ken Rosen, FIRST Assistant Regional Director-Minnesota |
| Bruce KenKnight, VP-Research, Boston Scientific Corp. |
| Will Durfee, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota |
| Dana Boyle, VP-Business Development, LifeScience Alley |
| Dick Gillespie, Cisco Systems, retired |
| John Condon, Engineer, Lockheed Martin |
| Taylor Pettis, STEM Education Program Manager, Minnesota High Tech Association |
| Joseph Passofarro, Lead Mentor, FRC Team 2169-KING TeC, Prior Lake |
| Laurie Shimizu, Main Contact, FRC Team 1816-The Green Machine, Edina |
| Kevin Tanner, VP-Technical Sales, PTC-The Product Development Company |
| Renee Becker, President, GO FIRST, FIRST alumni organization, University of Minnesota |