Board of Trustees
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- Nguyen Pham, President
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Nguyen Pham, a Mensa member since 2010, was appointed to the Foundation’s Board of Trustees in 2020, and later as Secretary in 2023. Nguyen brings to the Board more than a decade of strategic communications experience and involvement with local charitable boards. He holds a bachelor’s from UC-Berkeley and an MBA from San Francisco State University.
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- Jennifer Wise, Vice President
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A second-generation Mensa member, Jennifer Wise is a Seattle-based content writer and editor, and she holds a master’s in literature from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has served as Foundation Secretary, Scholarship Chair at the local and regional levels, Scholarship Volunteer Coordinator, Young Ms Coordinator, and GenY Coordinator.
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- Michelle Rakshys, Treasurer
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A member of Mensa since 2005, Michelle Rakshys serves as Scholarship Chair and Proctor for Mensa of Western Washington. Michelle is VP of Executive Learning and Development at Cadence Leadership, previously worked at Amazon and Oracle, and holds a master’s in business from New York University. She joined the Foundations Board of Trustees in 2020 and was appointed Treasurer in 2023.
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- Billie Lee, Secretary
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Billie Lee has been a member of American Mensa since 2007 and currently serves as Chair of the Gifted Youth Committee. She was appointed a Trustee in 2022.
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- Charlie Steinhice, Trustee
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Charlie Steinhice, a member of Mensa for more than 20 years, joined the Mensa Foundation Board of Trustees in 2016. Charlie is a Business Analytics Manager of Internal Strategic Analytics & Reporting at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee.
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- Jeff Papa, Trustee
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Jeff Papa is a member of the Central Indiana Mensa chapter and is Chief of Staff and General Counsel for the Indiana Senate. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Mensa Research Journal. He was appointed Trustee in 2022.
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- Lori Norris, Ex-Officio Trustee
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Lori Norris was elected First Vice chair on the American Mensa Committee in 2017, re-elected in 2019, and again in 2021. She’d previously served as AMC Secretary. She assumed the position of AMC Chair with the resignation of Timmy King in September of 2022.
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- Jill Beckham, Director
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Jill Beckham was named Foundation Director in 2002 and is responsible for all of the Mensa Foundation-related programs and projects that are handled by the office staff. She also works with volunteers to coordinate other Foundation programs, including the Colloquium and the Foundation’s awards program.