Regional Planning Committee Members
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.
| 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, retired |
| John Samuelson, Chief Engineer, Lockheed Martin Corp. |
| Marybeth Thorsgaard, Senior Director-Corporate Public Relations, Medtronic, Inc. |
| Tim Jump, Advanced Competitive Sciences, Benilde-St. Margaret's High School |
| Ann Marie Thomas, Professor of Engineering, University of St. Thomas |