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Administration Team


IDEA staff pose with UC Berkeley Law Professor Phillip Johnson after a Center - sponsored lecture. Our small staff is based out of San Diego, California, and handles the programs and activities of the IDEA Center.

Professor Johnson, whose writings helped form the intelligent design movement, is a member of the IDEA Center's Advisory Board.
The IDEA Center has a small Administrators Team (or Staff) who run the day-to-day operations of the Center, including outreach, communication, intelligent design promotion, web-related issues, financial management, and IDEA Club Chapter coordination. Please click on an individual's name for biographical information. (Bios are descriptions of the primary administrators of the IDEA Center and are not necessarily representative of the beliefs, philosophies, or interests of the IDEA Center as a whole or any of its members, affiliates, or IDEA Club chapters).

Brian Westad, Executive Director

B.A. University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau (Minor, Biology).

Mr. Westad joined the IDEA Center in the summer of 2008. He has much experience working with students and helping to oversee student-clubs on university campuses. Brian has a background in the sciences, law, politics, and has experience conducting scientific research in biology.

Brian oversees the IDEA Club program, and can be contacted at "brianw@ideacenter.org"

Mario Lopez, Information Support Technician

Mario Lopez is a state-licensed administrator currently in charge of two Level 4I adult residential facilities that work with persons with developmental disabilities. He is an expert on the science of intelligent design and has co-founded Ciencia Alternativa (see ciencia-alternativa.org), an ID think tank for the Spanish-speaking community.

Geneve Monnes, Chief Financial Officer

CPA

Ryan Huxley, President; Director of Public Relations (Press / Media Contact)

B.S. Engineering, UCSD; M.S. Engineering, UCSD; Structural Engineer, Professional Engineer.

E-mail: "nospam@ideaenter.org" where you replace "nospam" with "ryan"

Casey Luskin

B.S. Earth Sciences, UCSD; M.S. Earth Sciences, UCSD; J.D. University of San Diego School of Law.

 

E-mail: "casey@ideacenter.org"

Web: CaseyLuskin.com

Steve Renner

Owner, Omega Builders.


E-mail: "lrenner@mail.sdsu.edu"