The City of Mesa’s i.d.e.a. Museum is supported by the i.d.e.a. Museum Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to provide sustainable resources to fulfill i.d.e.a. Museum’s mission through fundraising, advocacy, and partnerships. Its vision is to create infinite possibilities for the i.d.e.a. Museum. The Foundation represents community ownership and provides input to the Museum.
Allyn Bransby
Chair
Community Volunteer Supporter of education and the arts
Susan Stephensen
Immediate Past Chair
Government & Community Relations – Office of the President
Arizona State University
Hilda Luna
Vice Chair
Community Volunteer Supporter of the arts, and Student leadership
Austin Harris
Treasurer
VP – Relationship Manager
BOK Financial
Nyasha Stone Sheppard
Secretary
Assistant Director Career Services The College of Liberal Arts and Scicences Arizona State University
Julie Spilsbury
Council Liaison
Councilmember, District 2
City of Mesa
Nina Allred
Board Member
Community Outreach & Engagement Supervisor, Mesa Public Schools
Jessica Barnett
Board Member
Instructor; Director Devise and
Usability Lab
Ira A. Fulton
Schools of Engineering
Arizona State University
Heidi Bethea
Board Member
Community Volunteer
Supporter of healthy children,
& the arts
Lacy Chaffee
Board Member
Communications Coordinator School of Dance, Music & Theatre Arizona State University
Marcie Hutchinson
Board Member
President Mesa Public Schools Governing Board
Spencer C. Lee
Board Member
Attorney
Smith, Alston & Lee, PLC
Ideaologists
Jeremy Babendure, Ph.D.
CEO of AZ SciTech Fest
Science Ambassador
Robert Gorbet
Chair & Professor, Dept. of
Integrated Knowledge
University of Waterloo, Kitchener, ON
Colleen Howard
STEM Coordinator
Mesa Public Schools
Shawn S. Jordan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Arizona State University – Polytechnic Campus
Nancy Nemitz
John Willie (deceased)
Former CEO of Creative Engine
Brand marketing
Milagros Zingoni
Associate Professor,
Director School of Interior Architecture
University of Tennessee