Find a Rocketry Mentor
New to rocketry? Our nationwide network of official mentors from the National Association of Rocketry can teach you everything you need to know about rocketry! From design and build specifications, to a list of supplies and the perfect launch site, these rocketry experts are here to help your team go from rocketry rookies to rocket scientists.
Explore our list to see if there’s a mentor near you today.
NAR Mentor List
Use the list below to identify a NAR mentor near you! This list was last updated on March 30, 2026.
Registered Adult Team Advisors can access email address and phone number for mentors via the application system.
To see a map of these mentor locations, click here. Please note that on the map, pins for mentors in the same city will appear on top of each other. See the list below for all the mentors in a specific city.
| ALABAMA | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Vince Huegele | Huntsville, AL |
| Bill Cooke | Huntsville, AL |
| Chuck Pierce | Huntsville, AL |
| Andrew Heath | Huntsville, AL |
| Rus Hardy | Birmingham, AL |
| Duane Mayer | Madison, AL |
| Douglas Aguilar | Madison, AL |
| Harlem Lilley | Madison, AL |
| Lee Brownell | Phil Campbell, AL |
| Tom Reichert | Tuscaloosa, AL |
| Stewart Cobb | Mobile, AL |
| ARIZONA | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Steve Lubliner | Tucson, AZ |
| Jerry King | Tucson, AZ |
| Ken Weaver | Tucson, AZ |
| Annette Sostarich | Tucson, AZ |
| Stephen Witherspoon | Tucson, AZ |
| Ed Lacroix | Phoenix, AZ |
| Mark Phillips | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Ken Sparks | Fountain Hills, AZ |
| Guy Smith | Peoria, AZ |
| James Cramton | Tucson, AZ |
| ARKANSAS | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Stewart McNabb | Springdale, AR |
| Shannon Clardy | Arkadelphia, AR |
| Charles Rine | Springdale, AR |
| Shan Wade | Little Rock, AR |
| Dr. Al Stone | Rogers, AR |
| CALIFORNIA | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Jack Hagerty | Livermore, CA |
| Fred Shecter | Diamond Bar, CA |
| Jim Garrett | Lancaster, CA |
| William Orvis | Livermore, CA |
| Ken Biba | San Francisco, CA |
| Larry Brand | San Diego, CA |
| Chris Flanigan | San Diego, CA |
| Howard Smart | San Diego, CA |
| Dave Cook | San Diego, CA |
| Mike Parker | Los Gatos, CA |
| Jonathan DuBose | Sacramento, CA |
| George Payton | Chino Hills, CA |
| Mike Swanson | Santa Clarita, CA |
| Chris van Harmelen | Templeton, CA |
| Jack Stone | Newark, CA |
| Doug Kosty | San Marcos, CA |
| Brandon Ren | Chino, CA |
| Fred Radford | Palo Alto, CA |
| Logan Herrera | Mountain View, CA |
| Mickey Wen | Riverside, CA |
| Dawn Qian | Irvine, CA |
| COLORADO | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Kevin Kuczek | Morrison, CO |
| Tim VanMilligan | Colo Springs CO |
| George Shaiffer | Widefield, CO |
| David Virga | Black Forest, CO |
| James Russell | Arvada, CO |
| John Boren | Penrose, CO |
| Matt Boyles | Denver, CO |
| Steve Humphrey | Loveland, CO |
| Ryan Parker | Fort Collins, CO |
| Cameron Schumacher | Aurora, CO |
| Sarah Kinney | Boulder, CO |
| John Hochheimer | Boulder, CO |
| Bill Beggs | Bailey, CO |
| CONNECTICUT | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Rob Bazinet | Woodstock, CT |
| Ross Tracey | East Lyme, CT |
| Christian Colby | Waterbury, CT |
| Patrick McConnell | Middletown, CT |
| David Greenapple | Westport, CT |
| Larry Hardin | East Hartford, CT |
| John Poulin | Northfield, CT |
| DELAWARE | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Blair Monagle | Houston, DE |
| FLORIDA | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Mike Hellmund | Orlando, FL |
| Pat McCarthy | Rockledge, FL |
| Bruno Dipasquale | Naples, FL |
| Gregg Zulauf | Naples, FL |
| Greg Lane | Panama City, FL |
| Rick Boyette | Palm Beach, FL |
| Ralph Lemon | Miami, FL |
| Gary Dahlke | Port Saint John, FL |
| Jimmy Yawn | Gainesville, FL |
| Mike Nipper | Lakeland, FL |
| Chris Masullo | Boca Raton, FL |
| Luis Jimenez | St Augustine, FL |
| Tom McKeown | Palm Bay, FL |
| Larry Curcio | Sunrise, FL |
| Tim Cubbedge | Cocoa Beach, FL |
| Scott Crumpler | Jacksonville, FL |
| Joseph Mustion | Sun City Center, FL |
| GEORGIA | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Jorge Blanco | Roswell, GA |
| Armando Rodriguez | Athens, GA |
| Tim Smith | Doerun, GA |
| Chris Short | Pine Mountain, GA |
| HAWAII | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Charlie Sykos | Kealakekua, HI |
| IDAHO | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Frank Ross | Boise, ID |
| Marty Weiser | Liberty Lake, WA |
| ILLINOIS | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Kevin Wickart | Normal, IL |
| Brad Wilson | Sterling, IL |
| Pat Butler | Montgomery, IL |
| Bob Kaplow | Dundee, IL |
| Mark Bundick | Woodstock, IL |
| John Kohler | Woodstock, IL |
| Lon Westfall | Mahomet, IL |
| Rob Getz | Park Ridge, IL |
| Arnie Witzke Sr | Wheeling, IL |
| Ed Chess | McHenry, IL |
| John Williams | Bolingbrook, IL |
| Adam Rouse | Lake Villa, IL |
| Al Stone | Bloomingdale, IL |
| Olive Wang | Champaign, IL |
| Jonathan Sivier | Champaign, IL |
| Scott Ikeda | Glen Ellyn, IL |
| Mike Haberer | Glen Ellyn, IL |
| Doug Probst | Collinsville, IL |
| INDIANA | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Tim Hansford | Valparaiso, IN |
| Tom Stump | Goshen, IN |
| David Newill | Zionsville, IN |
| Ryan Woebkenberg | Carmel, IN |
| Mark Newton | Lebanon, IN |
| Bob Bycraft | Granger, IN |
| Adam Joseph | Fisher, IN |
| IOWA | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Reggie Morrow | Fairfax, IA |
| KANSAS | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| James Hinton | Medicine Lodge, KS |
| Steve Hamous | Wichita, KS |
| Blake Goddard | Overland Park, KS |
| KENTUCKY | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Ed Seward | Elizabethtown, KY |
| Randy Ringner | Somerset, KY |
| Ecil Miller | Munfordville, KY |
| LOUISIANA | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Whitney Richard | Luling. LA |
| MAINE | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Mike Sherrod | Wilton, ME |
| Joe Dunay | Springfield, ME |
| Ralph Bohm | Dexter, ME |
| Steve Golson | York, ME |
| MARYLAND | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Jonathan Rains | Silver Spring, MD |
| Jim Barrowman | Arnold, MD |
| Michael Mangieri | Reisterstown, MD |
| Kevin Johnson | Laurel, MD |
| Dave Olson | Columbia, MD |
| Bob Terry | Columbia, MD |
| David Zuchero | Highland, MD |
| Dale Windsor | Chestertown, MD |
| Jim Miers | Greenbelt, MD |
| Ted Cochran | Columbia, MD |
| MASSACHUSETTS | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Ed Pattison-Gordon | Arlington, MA |
| Bernard Biales | Boston, MA |
| Jack Kane | Mansfield, MA |
| Arno Tilles | Cambridge, MA |
| Jim Salem | Acton, MA |
| Andy Bakinowski | Norfolk, MA |
| Howard Greenblat | Wayland, MA |
| Al Buck | Merrimac, MA |
| Christine Zacharer | Harvard, MA |
| Frank DeAngelo | Revere, MA |
| MICHIGAN | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Jim Fackert | Brighton, MI |
| Jay Calvert | Otsego, MI |
| Robert Alway | Otsego, MI |
| Art Kahler | Shelby Twnship, MI |
| Mike Rangitsch | Saginaw, MI |
| Rob Dickinson | Lansing MI |
| Mark Chrumka | Farmington Hills, MI |
| Gordon Agnello | Lexington, MI |
| Mark Hansen | Deford, MI |
| Patricia Hansen | Deford, MI |
| Joel Davis | Pontiac, MI |
| Al de la Iglesia | Howell, MI |
| Blake Fife | Grosse Point Park, MI |
| MINNESOTA | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Michael Erpelding | Watkins, MN |
| Mark Nelson | Farmington, MN |
| Neil Michels | Prior Lake, MN |
| MISSISSIPPI | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Greg Stewart | Columbus, MS |
| MISSOURI | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Keith Vinyard | Festus, MO |
| John Buckley | Wentzville, MO |
| Tim Burger | Kansas City, MO |
| Jason Unwin | Cole Camp, MO |
| Mark Johnson | Columbia, MO |
| George Scheil | Raytown, MO |
| MONTANA | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Steve Shannon | Butte, MT |
| Henry LaFever | Billings, MT |
| NEBRASKA | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Thomas Kernes | Hickman, NE |
| Sean Radke | Lincoln, NE |
| NEVADA | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| David Pacheco | Las Vegas, NV |
| Dave Smith-Uchida | Las Vegas, NV |
| Jennifer Ash | Pahrump, NV |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Joseph DesFosses | Gorham, NH |
| Al Berry | Pittsfield, NH |
| NEW JERSEY | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Scott Alexander | Warren, NJ |
| Bruce Canino | Williamstown, NJ |
| Fred Taverni | Hackettstown, NJ |
| George George | Carlstadt, NJ |
| Charles Kirlew | Ocean, NJ |
| Steve Spencer | Livingston, NJ |
| NEW MEXICO | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Denzil Burnam | Las Cruces, NM |
| John DeMar | Las Cruces, NM |
| Thomas Beach | White Rock, NM |
| Ronda Cole | Albuquerque NM |
| Mike Westerfield | Albuquerque, NM |
| Mark Hendricks | Albuquerque, NM |
| Mark Burton | Albuquerque, NM |
| Brett Bachman | Santa Fe, NM |
| NEW YORK | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Brian Meyer | Plainview, NY |
| John Viggiano | West Henrietta, NY |
| Rob Roday | Huntington, NY |
| Michael Sprague | Macedon, NY |
| Greg Young | Holland, NY |
| Bill Clune | Olean, NY |
| Mike Pleban | Depew, NY |
| NORTH CAROLINA | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Dave Morey | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Ken Parker | Kernersville, NC |
| Bob & Jann Koepke | Corapeake, NC |
| Jim Eddings | Gastonia, NC |
| NORTH DAKOTA | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Tim Young | Grand Forks, ND |
| OHIO | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Alan Tuskes | Lakewood, OH |
| Chan Stevens | Cincinnati, OH |
| Larry Rice | Columbus, OH |
| Rick Taylor | Lebanon, OH |
| Mike Nowak | Cleveland Hghts, OH |
| Mark Hanna | Green, OH |
| John Partridge | Alliance, OH |
| Mark Recktenwald | Stow, OH |
| Randy Boadway | Dayton, OH |
| Matt Johnson | Dayton, OH |
| Alex Kieckhafer | Cleveland, OH |
| Lee Berry | Huber Heights, OH |
| Ron Stauffer | Beavercreek, OH |
| Phil Queen | South Charleston,OH |
| Martin Quanci | Chillicothe, OH |
| Mark Fick | Painesville, OH |
| Ryan Cheng | Oxford, OH |
| Pete Bricker | Columbus, OH |
| OKLAHOMA | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Dan Winings | Stratford, OK |
| Paul Reed | Tulsa, OK |
| OREGON | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| George Rachor | Hillsboro, OR |
| PENNSYLVANIA | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Steve Hutchinson | Elverson, PA |
| Larry London | Lansdale, PA |
| George Sechrist | Dallastown, PA |
| Steve Foster | Leechburg, PA |
| Rod Schafer | Lower Burrell, PA |
| Tony Comp | Liverpool, PA |
| Jim McGraw | Malvern, PA |
| Douglas Gardei | Penns Creek, PA |
| Brian Hastings | York, PA |
| Jason Petula | Hummelstown, PA |
| Tom Ha | Milton, PA |
| Andrew May | Easton, PA |
| Scott Alexander | Jersey Shore, PA |
| Tanya Mohan | Allentown, PA |
| SOUTH CAROLINA | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Scott Hamlin | Hilton Head Is., SC |
| Johnny Hoffman | St. Stephen, SC |
| Ed Fenton | Simpsonville, SC |
| Mark Mogge | Clemson, SC |
| Ben Madden | Anderson, SC |
| SOUTH DAKOTA | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Mike Jerauld | Edgemont, SD |
| TENNESSEE | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Allen Hall | Spring Hill, TN |
| Richard Booth | Franklin, TN |
| Caitlin Bunce | Tullahoma, TN |
| Dave Mower | Germantown, TN |
| Chase Atherton | Tullahoma, TN |
| TEXAS | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| George Sprague | Mesquite, TX |
| Warren Benson | Seabrook TX |
| David Schaefer | Plano, TX |
| Ken Overton | Plano, TX |
| Andy Eng | Clear Lake, TX |
| David Funk | Cypress, TX |
| David Montgomery | Katy, TX |
| Theo McDonald | Waco, TX |
| Tony Reynolds | Waco, TX |
| Art Applewhite | Kerrville, TX |
| Chuck Greenwell | Kingwood, TX |
| James Duffy | Austin, TX |
| Randy Ashley | McAllen, TX |
| Buzz McDermott | Coppell, TX |
| Richard Krol | Fort Worth, TX |
| Andrew Conders | Fort Worth, TX |
| Suzy Sprague | Hickory Creek, TX |
| Joan Schiesler | Kountze, TX |
| Don Cosgrove | San Antonio, TX |
| Chuck Crabb | Flower Mound, TX |
| Al Gloer | Aledo, TX |
| Bill Kitch | San Angelo, TX |
| John Wahlquist | Magnolia, TX |
| UTAH | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| David Urbanek | Sunset, UT |
| Bob Morstadt | Brigham City, UT |
| Manning Butterworth | Toquerville, UT |
| Doug Hillson | Salt Lake City, UT |
| VERMONT | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Ken Matzner | Montpelier, VT |
| VIRGINIA | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Don Hooker | Burke, VA |
| Tom Lyon | Montpelier, VA |
| Bruce Sexton | Richmond, VA |
| Gene Wolski | Richmond, VA |
| Chuck Neff | Staunton, VA |
| Will Marchant | Winchester, VA |
| Eric Pyle | Harrisonburg, VA |
| Skip Cutting | Virginia Beach, VA |
| Bryan Sparkman | Yorktown, VA |
| Carl Curling | Woodbridge, VA |
| Tim Hoagland | Ashburn, VA |
| Dave Oberg | Ashburn, VA |
| Trip Barber | Springfield, VA |
| Steven Morris | Fairfax, VA |
| David Myre | Warrenton, VA |
| Jeff Goldstein | Virginia Beach, VA |
| Kurt Beckman | Manassas, VA |
| Ken Swingle | Manassas, VA |
| Michael Hatcher | Manassas, VA |
| Peter Tlusty | Richmond, VA |
| Jessica Friz | Hampton, VA |
| Whit Coulon | Fredericksburg, VA |
| Lance Baxter | Arlington, VA |
| Lee Olyniec | Stafford, VA |
| Cameron McKnight | Middleburg, VA |
| Geoff Estes | Harrisonburg, VA |
| Scarlette Studdard | Fredericksburg, VA |
| Oliver Arend | Great Falls, VA |
| WASHINGTON | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Bob Yanecek | Deer Park, WA |
| Jim Wilkerson | Puyallup, WA |
| John Thompson | White Salmon, WA |
| David Walp | Bow, WA |
| Bernard Cawley | Auburn, WA |
| John Sahr | Spokane, WA |
| Jim Pommert | Federal Way, WA |
| Jose Narvaez | Lake Stevens, WA |
| Bruce Buswell | Belleview, WA |
| WEST VIRGINIA | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Todd Ensign | Morgantown, WV |
| Barbara Pill | Fairmont, WV |
| Edwin Pill | Fairmont, WV |
| Ricky Beamer | Morgantown, WV |
| WISCONSIN | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Dan Wolf | West Allis, WI |
| Brent Lillesand | Madison, WI |
| Paul Smith | Milwaukee, WI |
| Jay Rietz | Sobieski, WI |
| Doug Pedrick | Slinger, WI |
| John Cieslak | Waunakee, WI |
| Mark Hackler | West Bend, WI |
| Mikaela Ikeda | Milwaukee, WI |
| WYOMING | |
| NAME | LOCATION |
| Mark Rapf | Sheridan, WY |
| Paul Fechtmeister | Laramie, WY |
| Patrick Harden | Gillette, WY |