Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum`
Trisha Tubbs serves as the President and Board Chair of the IBMA Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to enhancing the future of bluegrass music through education, arts, and historical preservation since July 2022. With extensive experience in leadership roles, Tubbs has contributed to the IBMA as a facilitator for the Leadership Bluegrass program and co-produced the IBMA Awards show. Previous roles include directing consulting projects at SoftResources LLC, managing retail photography studios, and holding various positions at GTE/Verizon, focusing on business planning and operations. Tubbs's educational background includes an MBA in Finance and Accounting from Drexel University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Bucknell University. Additionally, Tubbs volunteers as a docent at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum`
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is regularly listed as one of the top ten zoological parks in the world due to its unique approach in interpreting the complete natural history of a single region (in our case this is the Sonoran Desert and adjacent ecosystems).