Our Team

Mentors

Joseph O'Brien | FIRST Robotics Competition Coach, Design Team lead, Engineering mentor

Monica Allen | FIRST Robotics Competition Software Expert, financial planning

Joe Clark | Software developer, volunteer firefighter

Tod Bennett | Retired software developer, mechanical engineer, firefighter

Justin Brackley | Design Team mentor

Isaac Rackliffe | Team mentor - special projects

David Fletcher | Manufacturing Team mentor

Jason Crocker | Manufacturing Team mentor

Leah O'Brien | Entrepreneur Team lead

Emily Jackson | Entrepreneur Team c0-lead

Charlie Roberts | Entrepreneur Team mentor, Fundraising

Liz Montoya | Branding, team travel logistics

Kristi Rackliffe | Event Coordinator, Fundraising

Sue LeDoux | Fiber Arts Instructor: Knitting and spinning yarn; former 4-H Instructor for knitting

Joseph O'Brien

President

Joseph is a retired Boeing System Safety engineer for a variety of projects from Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) to Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS), where he was the first to call for an in-flight emergency for all 72 aircraft worldwide. He’s also a veteran FIRST design/technical mentor with Bear Metal Team 2046 and has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.

Monica Allen

Treasurer

Monica taught middle school math at Smart Fun for over a decade and has coached the school's competitive math team and FIRST Lego League engineering teams. Her veteran FLL team has won five state championships and been invited to events at Detroit, San Diego, and Houston. Monica has a B.A. in Physics and Computer Science and a B.S. in Engineering. Monica has worked as an electrical engineer and a systems engineer where she authored 3 patents. She is also a Certified Financial Planner with a Masters in Personal Financial Planning.

Leah O’Brien

Secretary

Leah is a USAF veteran, where her last assignment was flight test engineer for F-16s. She is a retired Boeing Process/Project engineer for Fabrication Safety and a veteran FIRST scouting/strategy mentor with Bear Metal Team 2046. Her strengths are organization and team management. She has a B.S. Mechanical Engineering, M.S. Human Factors Engineering.

Joe Clark

Board Member

Joe is a software engineer developing Java web applications for the U.S. Navy. He was a faculty member in information systems and data analytics at Arizona State University and at UMaine, and he has published research and teaching cases in international conferences. He holds a B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Southern California and an M.B.A. from Tulane University. He is also a volunteer firefighter, and a father of four promising roboticists.

Emily Jackson