Josh is a Senior Consultant with Susan Bell & Associates and has more than 15 years of strategy and communications experience in the public- and private- sectors. His work has covered a range of issues, from poverty and social justice to economic opportunity, state-tribal relations, and the environment. Since 2018, Josh as helped to facilitate the work of the Water Table, a growing philanthropic collaborative developed by Susan Bell & Associates that makes strategic investments in water management, aligning $500M to water solutions since 2015.
Prior to his work with the Water Table, Josh worked in public affairs for a former Wisconsin governor and as a senior policy specialist for the National Conference of State Legislatures, before moving to the private sector for several years as vice president of a consulting firm that served business, government, and non-profit clients. In this capacity, he led an effort to engage Colorado small-business leaders to support more progressive goals in the state’s first water plan, resulting in the inclusion of five ‘millennial goal’ challenges designed to spur private sector participation and innovation. He also developed and led a two-year initiative to increase global cooperation in addressing the challenges facing the world’s great deltas. He has helped to develop brands for both large corporations and non-profits, and he has written for governors, senators, and CEOs. Based in Stillwater, MN, Josh is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
