Staff

Taylor has been a mentor with the club since 2023, but has been around for many years helping work IU games.

She is an FRC alum, having competed in 2019 with team #5403. She currently works at the Monroe County Hospital and is a full-time biochem student. She plans to eventually receive her doctorate and work somewhere like Eli-Lilly.

A robotics mama since 2021, 2025 is her first year mentoring a team.

She decided to mentor after being inspired by other mentors in the club.

Haley is a 2025 graduate of the Indiana University School of Education. She is now an elementary teacher at Needmore Elementary School in Bedford. She helps run APPs like Full STEAM Ahead for Literacy and Osmo, both funded by the Lawrence County Community Foundation.

The loving and forgiving wife of our Lead Mentor and a mentor herself.

Misty loves working with her friend and fellow founding mentor, Leslie, at Needmore Elementary School.

A FIRST Robotics alum having competed on 2 FRC teams, he now mentors one of the club’s FLL teams.

Nate is a former Automation Engineer who now works on the assembly line for Cook Medical in Bloomington.

…is the Lead Mentor, President and Treasurer of the Board, and a founding mentor.

Tyson is an General Engineering Maintenance Foreman at USG in Shoals where he has worked for over 20 years.

A founding mentor and also a Speech Pathologist in Mitchell—who even worked with one of our mentors when he was young.

…is a new mentor in 2025 and has two daughters in the club.

Her and her husband, Tim, will mentor a new FLLC team.

…is a new mentor for 2025 and has two daughters in the club.

Him and his wife, Jodi, will mentor a new FLLC team.

…is a founding club mentor who gets roped into helping her friend, Misty, with whatever grand idea our Lead Mentor comes up with next.

She also loves working with her friend at Needmore Elementary School.

The first graduate of the club to return as a mentor.

Owen was a club all-star who, with his 2 other all-stars, drove the club to its current success and size. He now mentors in between classes at Hanover College.

…is a founding mentor and board member.

He is a Senior Regulatory Reporting Specialist at Cook Medical in Bloomington.

…started as a club mentor in 2019 and helps where needed including mentoring the FTC teams, some FLL teams, and managing grants, social media, and this website.

Bode is a Manufacturing Engineer at Whitney Tool Company, Inc. in Bedford where he creates and maintains process and technical documentation like drawings, routers, and bill of materials.

…is a founding club mentor and coach for the FLL team 44949 Robotillers.

Aaron is also a Tool and Die Maker at the Bedford Powertrain Plant for GM.

A founding mentor with her husband, Aaron, and fellow mentor to the FLL team 44949 The Robotillers.

A Hoosier transplant from the upper peninsula of Michigan. He got roped into mentoring an FLL team for the 2024-25 season when Tyson asked for help with their Innovation Project.

With his training in Chemical Engineering, he works at USG in Shoals.