
2023-2024 Ideos Leaders Cohort
Joseph Bronner
Yale SOM MBA Student
Senior Brand Manager Intern, Proctor & Gamble
Joseph Bronner is a graduate student ipursuing a Masters of Business Administration at Yale. He is also a Senior Brand Manager for Procter & Gamble and the co-president and cofounder of the Yale AI Club. His plans are to launch a tech company in the near future. He desires to be partnered with others who walk as God's hand in business.
Jason Fujikuni
Associate Creative Director, The New York Times
Jason Fujikuni is an Associate Creative Director on the Brand Identity Design team at The New York Times. He serves on the prayer and youth ministry teams at his church in Manhattan and has lived in New York City for 6 years.
MiDian Holmes
CEO and Founder, The Epitome of Black Excellence & Partnership
MiDian Holmes is the CEO and founder of The Epitome of Black Excellence & Partnership and a product of a multi-generational presence of Black family and Black community in the city of Denver, CO. During some of the most racially charged and violent times in Denver, MiDian was able to lean into the divisive experiences that were plaguing Denver’s communities. Now, as an advocacy leader, MiDian is sought out and leveraged by the community at large and is committed to holding the hands and hearts of others to join her on the journey of seeking God to restore a place of belonging for the community, the city of Denver, and society at large. Her commitment to this work has earned her the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award, a feature in the PBS-aired documentary *Standing in the Gap*, and recognition in many publications. She has also led multiple action committees within the school district and the community and was appointed by former Mayor John Hickenlooper to serve on Denver’s Excellence in Education Committee.
Scott Marshall
Senior Pastor, Wichita First Church of the Nazarene
Scott was born in the beautiful Tea Estates of southern Malawi, the son of American missionaries. Wheeled out of the bush hospital birthing room in a mosquito-net-covered bassinet set the tone for his love of adventure and out of the box experiences and thinking. His early years were spent in Africa, his childhood among the corn of Nebraska. Scott is now a pastor of 26 years, and budding author. His purpose is building leaders for God’s Kingdom, a calling he approaches with creativity, relational heart, and possibility, big-picture, transformational thinking. He has served on staff at 3 churches and been the Lead Pastor at 3 churches (He is currently the Lead Pastor at the first Church where he served on staff). His intent is to listen to the heart counsel of Count Zinzendorf: “Preach the gospel, die, and be forgotten”, and life-counsel of Jesus: “bear much fruit”.
Chelsea Neal
Director of Healthy Relationships Program, Avail NYC
Chelsea lives in New York City working as the Director of the Flourish (Healthy Relationships) Program at Avail NYC. Avail is a non-profit that serves men and women making a decision about an unexpected pregnancy or seeking support after an abortion. As director of Flourish, Chelsea has worked to develop the program, write and implement a curriculum, and train and lead volunteers, alongside serving clients. Chelsea received her M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Before moving to NYC, Chelsea served as the Assessment and Training Director for International Missions at The Summit Church in Raleigh, NC. Through ministry opportunities and living overseas in South Asia, Chelsea’s passion for being a safe place for women in difficult situations has continued to grow. Chelsea is originally from Oklahoma and loves spending time traveling and experiencing other cultures, cooking and hosting friends, and spoiling her nieces and nephew.
Sue Park-Hur
Co-Director, ReconciliAsian
Director of Racial/Ethnic Engagement, Mennonite Church USA
Sue Park-Hur Park-Hur co-directs ReconciliAsian, a peace center in Los Angeles specializing in conflict transformation,restorative justice, and trauma healing for immigrant churches. She also serves as the director of racial/ethnic engagement for Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) and has held multiple denominational roles including leadership development of pastors and equipping of churches with peace and justice resources. A former co-lead pastor and co-church planter, her passion is to see the church living out the shalom of the gospel in community. Park-Hur is trained in Intercultural Development Inventory and is a Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) practitioner. She has a graduate degree in Christian Formation and Intercultural Studies from Wheaton College in Illinois and a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Asian American Studies from UCLA .