Josh is an educator, visual storyteller and social ecologist. His passion for real-world learning started in high school when he had the opportunity to undertake turtle research in South Carolina and Alabama with herpetologist Jeff Lovich. This field experience led Josh to pursue a career in ecosystem management. He earned a master’s degree in environmental management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, where he explored the role of youth-produced media in supporting personal and community transformation. Over the past 20+ years he has collaborated on community-based media projects with youth, teachers, neighborhood groups, and nonprofit organizations in places ranging from New Delhi to Nigeria. He co-founded VOICES Inc., a nonprofit organization that hired low-income youth to work as journalists to tell the stories of their lives and communities in Tucson. Josh co-founded the Finding Voice program with ELL teacher Julie Kasper in Tucson to support the literacy, multimedia, critical thinking, collaborative, and civic leadership skills of refugee and immigrant students.

Bryan guides our organizational development and growth strategy. Bryan is an award-winning theater director and edtech entrepreneur with a passion for both education and scaling successful organizations. In addition to working with CommunityShare, Bryan is the Artistic and Managing Director at The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre in Tucson, Arizona. The theater is dedicated to telling diverse stories that raise challenging questions with a focus on language, music and physical theatre for all ages.  Prior to founding and running the non-profit, Bryan was Co-founder and CEO at Haiku Learning (now PowerSchool Learning). At the time of acquisition in 2016, Haiku served over 5 million parents, teachers and students across the world with its elegant user experience. Prior to Haiku Learning, Bryan was Co-founder and President at LightSky, an outsourced web IT company. LightSky grew into the largest company of its class in its region and served a wide variety of clients including school districts, hospitals, and Fortune 500 companies. When not directing and designing for theater, Bryan loves playing board games with his family, reading and hiking.

Caroline oversees the design of CommunityShare’s user interface. She earned a BS in Agricultural and Resource Economics and a BA in Japanese Language from the University of California Davis. As an English teacher in Japan. She spent several years applying design thinking towards curriculum development and translating students’ pain points into engaging, effective learning resources. This experience transformed the way she thought about designing for the user and catalyzed her transition into UI/UX design.

Luke operates as our Product Manager, guiding and coaching our product team to turn our visions into reality for CommunityShare and our customers. Luke has spent time leading teams of people and products for over 15 years in both start up and corporate cultures. His diversified experience stretches into the ed tech and entertainment industries. During his career he’s mostly worked on SaaS products that have been built to serve the needs of the customer. A passionate part of his existence is working alongside people, because after all we need people to build tools that ultimately benefit others, our communities and our world.  He greatly enjoys coaching, partnering and rolling up his sleeves to do the work, and building the things that create change in the little and big spaces. Born and raised in Arizona, Luke loves the desert, and can be found wandering its paths running long distances – sometimes with friends, solo or his dogs.  Active in his community, you may see him coaching youth on the soccer field, serving in volunteer roles or traveling with his family.

Jil designs and facilitates professional learning for educators across CommunityShare’s network. A teacher at heart, she earned a Master’s in Secondary English Education from Syracuse University and spent the next decade in middle and high schools across New York. She honed her skills as an educator, instructional coach, and program designer in partnership with EL Education (formerly Expeditionary Learning) and Outward Bound Schools, whose holistic vision of student achievement and active, community-engaged approach to learning directly align with CommunityShare’s mission. Jil believes deeply in the power of education to help us all build a better world and is honored to work alongside educators, students and communities, as we reimagine systems and forge new bonds that enrich us all. In her free time, Jil can be found in the woods of Wilmington, DE on a mountain bike, just trying to keep up with her husband and their three year old daughter.

Melinda guides CommunityShare’s communications, marketing, and outreach efforts. Melinda developed a passion for education and community connection from a young age thanks to her family and educators.This led her to obtain her B.A. in Anthropology with a minor in Journalism from the University of Arizona and to spend more than a decade working and volunteering in youth and community development, education, and literacy nonprofits in Arizona and Colorado. Melinda believes in the power of stories and enjoys design, writing, photography, and video as opportunities to share stories that build connections, collaboration, and possibilities. Born and raised in the Sonoran Desert, Melinda enjoys hiking, bike riding, gardening, reading, traveling, and spending time with friends and family (especially outside).

Jason oversees CommunityShare’s online platform and other tech-related needs. Jason earned a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from the University of Arizona, and worked for Raytheon as an aerospace and flight controls engineer. Gradually Jason learned how to program and shifted his focus to simulation and enterprise application development, before leaving Raytheon to work in the startup space. Since then he’s focused on expanding his skills in web-based product development, including programming, design, and user experience. Past hobbies include embedded programming, 3D modeling and game development. Current hobbies focus more on human-centric skills including facilitation, conflict resolution, and coaching.

Jill directs CommunityShare’s daily business and administrative operations and works closely with all staff to advance Community Share’s mission and strategic goals.  Jill began her career as a high school language arts and math teacher where she learned that a true robust, quality education required both in-school and out-of-school programming. She went on to earn her Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania and has spent the past 15+ years leading nonprofits focused on youth-based workforce development, music and arts education, and afterschool programs. In her spare time Jill enjoys traveling and camping with her family, running, and making ice cream. 

Gail nurtures community across our CommunityShare network. She is a teacher, scientist, and designer who believes strongly in the joy and transformative power of community. As a teacher, she taught biology and environmental sustainability courses which challenged high school students to think scientifically, deepen their understanding of the natural world, and connect with each other as human beings. Gail studied Biology at Pomona College, earned her teaching credential and MA from the Stanford Teacher Education Program, and is a Knowles Teaching Fellow. She helped found The Center for Collaborative Creativity at the Claremont Colleges and has also developed her skills as an educator and community builder in a variety of other contexts, including a science center, museum of arts and culture, soccer camp, chamber of commerce, and many different online communities. She loves to creatively solve problems, analyze and synthesize, and weave together authentic connections. Outside of work, she loves reading, soccer (go Angel City!), and spending time in nature.