--- title: Mentors url: 'https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/mentors' markdown: 'https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/mentors.md' date: '2026-06-26' description: 'Meet the mentors of FRC Team 449, the Blair Robot Project — engineers and educators guiding students through FIRST Robotics at Montgomery Blair High School.' --- # Mentors In 2013, **449 mentor Sharon Goodall received the [Woodie Flowers Finalist Award](https://www.woodieflowers.org/)** at the [Pittsburgh Regional](https://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2013papi#awards). The award honors a mentor who best leads, inspires, and empowers students through excellent communication — and who embodies the values of FIRST. It's one of the most respected individual honors that FIRST bestows, and it remains a point of pride for the team. [![John Davis](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/b/7/9/1/e/b791e75bd802e8022a597c926e17656f21b5426d-davis.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/e/9/4/e/5/e94e55c7a14b773de547319a1b88c37f491c0175-davis.jpg "John Davis")##### John Davis *Teacher Sponsor Joined 2014* [![Noemi Kedei](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/b/9/4/3/0/b943002505fc27422e078cf508ec070281840b81-kedei-new.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/a/9/1/c/8/a91c83846a79893a19e0c4f9be09421e5c139400-kedei-new.jpg "Noemi Kedei")##### Noemi Kedei *Head Non-Technical Mentor Dr. Bumpers Joined 2011* [![Steve Van Albert](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_van_albert.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_van_albert.jpg "Steve Van Albert")##### Steve Van Albert *Technical Mentor Joined 2007* [![Gordon Franken](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_gordon.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_gordon.jpg "Gordon Franken")##### Gordon Franken *Technical Mentor Joined 2012* [![Edgard Bertaut](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_bertaut.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_bertaut.jpg "Edgard Bertaut")##### Edgard Bertaut *Head Technical Mentor Joined 2006* [![Daniel Pedersen](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_pedersen.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_pedersen.jpg "Daniel Pedersen")##### Daniel Pedersen *Operations Mentor Joined 2015* [![Rafi Pedersen](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/rafi.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/rafi.jpg "Rafi Pedersen")##### Rafi Pedersen *Alum & Technical Mentor Joined 20??* [![James Pham](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/james.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/james.jpg "James Pham")##### James Pham *Alum & Technical Mentor Joined 20??* [![Patrick McGlade](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_mcglade.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_mcglade.jpg "Patrick McGlade")##### Patrick McGlade *Technical Mentor Joined 2013* [![Judy Ehrenstein](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_ehrenstein.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_ehrenstein.jpg "Judy Ehrenstein")##### Judy Ehrenstein *Non-Technical Mentor Joined 2014* [![Will Rabinovich](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_rabinovich.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_rabinovich.jpg "Will Rabinovich")##### Will Rabinovich *Technical Mentor Joined 2013* [![Eli Barnett](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_eli.JPG)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_eli.JPG "Eli Barnett")##### Eli Barnett *Alum & Technical Mentor Joined 2010* [![Caitlin King](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_caitlin.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_caitlin.jpg "Caitlin King")##### Caitlin King *Scouting Mentor Joined 2017* [![Karin Koslow](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_koslow.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_koslow.jpg "Karin Koslow")##### Karin Koslow *Non-Technical Mentor Joined 2016* [![Tim Judkins](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_tim.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_tim.jpg "Tim Judkins")##### Tim Judkins *Technical Mentor Joined 20??* [![Phil Temkin](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_temkin.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_temkin.jpg "Phil Temkin")##### Phil Temkin *Technical Mentor Joined 2008* [![Steve Chang](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/c/8/b/1/3/c8b13dc214b805e3fd2867d71f9fd457c3243081-chang.png)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/e/5/7/a/9/e57a9e6cf6b36213cccbbd7b456975a9bccb22d8-chang.png "Steve Chang")##### Steve Chang *Technical Mentor Joined 20??* [![Helen Jiang](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/9/1/f/7/1/91f71a293de061d54ca9e3bad9e6867100c8e99f-hjiang.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/c/f/a/1/5/cfa157decc92d2f27058e36653766f2bdc59bd13-hjiang.jpg "Helen Jiang")##### Helen Jiang *Business Mentor Joined 2018* [![Aaron Szabo](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/4/7/d/9/b/47d9bce7dff58fd6635af9e1538182d0eb63caf9-szabo.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/5/c/6/1/5/5c6159d797853e1c75494c74618ac6a5a70264bb-szabo.jpg "Aaron Szabo")##### Aaron Szabo *Alum & Technical Mentor Joined 2016* [![Yoni Pedersen](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/2/7/2/c/6/272c6fdefe479939eaae30ac5ff6d9e3c6c68680-yonaba.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/4/e/a/6/8/4ea68202c0c9d1a8c6fea7089e9db6ca9dbe2cdc-yonaba.jpg "Yoni Pedersen")##### Yoni Pedersen *Alum & Technical Mentor Joined 2016* [![Sam Ehrenstein](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_sam.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/mentor_sam.jpg "Sam Ehrenstein")##### Sam Ehrenstein *Alum & Technical Mentor Joined 2017* [![Sharon Goodall](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/2013-goodall-square.jpeg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/2013-goodall-square.jpeg "Sharon Goodall")##### Sharon Goodall *Woodie Flowers Finalist, 2013* [![Mark Miranda](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/markmiranda.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/markmiranda.jpg "Mark Miranda")##### Mark Miranda *Technical Mentor Joined 20??* [![Tina Miranda](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/tinamiranda.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.about-us/19.MENTORS/03._features/tinamiranda.jpg "Tina Miranda")##### Tina Miranda *Technical Mentor Joined 20??* ![](https://robot.mbhs.edu/user/pages/02.ABOUT-US/06.MENTORS/02._features/blank.png) --- ## Navigation - Parent: [About 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