Javan Mesnard's Biography
- State Senate (AZ) - District 13, Republican
On The Ballot: Running, Republican for State Senate (AZ) - District 13
Full Name:
Javan 'J.D.' Mesnard
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Holly; 2 Children: Calielle, Annizelle
Birth Place:
Tampa, FL
Home City:
Chandler, AZ
Religion:
Christian
MBA, Business Administration, University of Phoenix, 2004-2006
MPA, Public Administration, Keller Graduate School of Management at DeVry University, 2004-2006
Bachelor's, Music Theory and Composition, Arizona State University, 1998-2002
Senator, Arizona State Senate, District 13, 2023-Present
Senator, Arizona State Senate, District 17, 2019-2023
Representative, Arizona State House of Representatives, District 17, 2011-2019
Speaker, Arizona State House of Representatives, 2017-2019
Speaker Pro Tempore, Arizona State House of Representatives, 2012-2015
Member, Commerce Committee
Chair, Finance Committee
Former Vice Chair, Elections Committee, Arizona State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee, Arizona State Senate
Former Member, Joint Legislative Budget Committee, Arizona State Senate
Former Member, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee, Arizona State House of Representatives
Former Member, Legislative Council Committee, Arizona State House of Representatives
Former Chair, Rules Committee, Arizona State House of Representatives
Former Member, Ways and Means Committee, Arizona State House of Representatives
Member, Commerce Committee, Arizona State Senate, 2023-Present
Chair, Finance Committee, Arizona State Senate, 2023-Present
Professor, Mesa Community College, 2006-present
Owner/Partner, Mesnard Enterprises, JPSB Dream Team LLC, 2005-present
Policy Advisor, Arizona State Senate, 2002-2009
Co-Founder/Director, Voices of the World, 2008-present
Treasurer, Voices of the World, 2008-present
Judge, Project Citizen State Showcase, 2006-present
Member, Church Music Team, 1999-2009
Member, National Center for Policy Analysis, 2005-2006
Teacher, World of Music, 2001
Awards:
Nominated "rising star" at the State Capitol by the Arizona Capitol Times (2012)
Representative of the Year Award by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry (2012)
Legislator of the Year Award by the Arizona Retailers Association (2012)
Open Government Leader Award by the Arizona Capitol Times (2012)
School Choice Champion (2011)
The Outstanding Student for the University of Phoenix MBA program, 2006.
Favorite Quote:
"A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master." - George Washington
"I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." - Winston Churchill
"The Utopian schemes of leveling, and a community of goods, are as visionary and impracticable as those which vest all property in the Crown. [These ideas] are arbitrary, despotic, and, in our government, unconstitutional." - Samuel Adams
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln
"...the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek..." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway." - Mother Teresa
"In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed. Consequently he who molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decisions. He makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to be executed." - Abraham Lincoln