The FIRST Alumni Missouri & Kansas group was created to form a community to help support the mission of FIRST, its programs, and alumni in the Missouri and Kansas region. We strive to connect alumni to the local community, network alumni for their future, and help alumni give back to the FIRST program.
We strive to build a base of FIRST Alumni Volunteers in the Missouri and Kansas region. We aim to help FIRST Alumni get connected with event volunteering, team mentoring, and local alumni events around the region. The ultimate goal is to be able to fully staff an all Alumni run event for each of the FIRST programs!
The FIRST Alumni Missouri & Kansas community started in 2022. It was created by the Kansas City regional planning committee and supported by FIRST in Missouri to grow FIRST and Alumni in the Region.
Our current and founding director is Joey Franz. Joey is an alumni of FRC team 1764. His current FIRST involvement includes volunteering as an FRC team mentor for 1986, event volunteering for all of the FIRST programs, being a member of the MO/KS FTC planning committee, and being a member of the 3 KC area Regional planning committees. Joey graduated from Missouri S&T with a degree in Physics and works as an AP physics teacher in the KC area.