Taylor Jacobs
Region VI Professionals Chair Emeritus
Facts about the 6:- States: California-Oregon-Idaho-Wyoming-New Mexico-Arizona-Nevada-Washington-Utah-Montana-Colorado-Alaska-Hawaii
- Region VI Professionals:The earliest black engineering organizations in the nation (pre-dating NSBE) i.e. BESSA @ UC Berkeley, Cal Poly Pomona, and BEA @ UC Davis
- NSBE Chant Originated in Region 6
- Summer Camping Conference and predessor to SEEK began in Region VI at Cal Ploy Pomona.
- First Professional Development Conference held on a company campus in 2007 at Microsoft in Mountainview California (Attended by Bill Gates)
- First region to begin zone structure
- First Special Interest Group Conference - Aerospace in 2009, Los Angeles California
- Taking mentorship to the next level, in 2011 the Region 6 AE adopted a one-on-one menotoring approach between Collegiate and Alumni Executive Boards