Passionate about service, Jessie Kidd devotes her life to the education and fellowship of all people. A believer in the good of all people first, Jessie is a devoted wife, enthusiastic mother, and a caring neighbor connecting her family with people through service, shared meals, and a great conversation. Active in her faith, Jessie serves the youth of North Ogden through teaching values, ethics and moral standards, organizing activities and service projects, inspiring the youth with her motivating example of hope, faith and belief that they too may grow into selfless young adults, confident in their strength to share their good with others.
Born and raised in the great state of Utah, Jessie’s family was one of the first to homestead along the Utah-Arizona border, farming and ranching the family stead is still one of her favorite pastime. Jessie contributes much of her altruism to good parents who cherished each other and their marriage, devoted each and every Saturday to family sweat labor, and always gave the advice to, “look it up,” upon receiving any question from an inquisitive daughter. Jessie’s love of Ogden goes generations back: Jessie’s parents met while at Weber State University majoring in Biochemistry and Soil Science, her grandparents grew up across the street from each other on Patterson Street, and Great Uncle Bill worked as a foreman at the American Can Factory, now home to her school, the DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts!
Jessie graduated from Utah State University in 1998 with a degree in Secondary Education, emphasis in the social sciences, and again in 2009 from Western Governors University with a Masters degree in Education , Management and Innovation. Jessie taught for seven years before beginning her administrative experience, teaching students her love of history, philosophy, economics and sociology.
Jessie’s most privileged service comes while serving the youth of the greater Ogden area by leading the DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts as their Executive Director. An innovative public school choice for more than 450 students grades 7-12, the DaVinci Academy was named the Utah state Charter School of the Year in 2008 for its pioneering approaches to improving student achievement through a Project-based, College Preparatory curriculum focused on integrating science, arts and technology throughout the student experience. Jessie is most proud of DaVinci’s recent facility expansion of the school, purchasing and renovating the American Can Factory, . At the heart of downtown Ogden, the DaVinci Academy.
Jessie Kidd will continue a life of dynamic and positive leadership through service to community. She loves yoga, camping, reading, listening to NPR, date night Thursdays with her husband, Garen, and spending “Mom-time” with her three children, Julianne, 11, Jacob, 9, and Kristen, 3. Jessie looks forward to increasing her breadth of public service including local government, but for now focuses her efforts on the youth of Ogden as they invigorate her with the energy of adolescence, reminding her to enjoy every moment of every day, for life is truly a great gift.
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