Josh serves as the director of strategic communications for Yale Divinity School. In this role, he operates as the chief communications and marketing officer at YDS, overseeing the communications department and leading the internal and external messaging for the school’s strategic direction and initiatives.
Before serving as the chief communications officer at Yale Divinity School, Josh spent six years as the Director of Communications for the University of Alabama School of Law. There, he implemented an integrated communications framework that helped triple philanthropic giving, modernized the school’s digital footprint, and strengthened the school’s standing among Top 10 public law schools in the U.S. Josh had the privilege of developing and leading Alabama Law’s 50 | 150 Anniversaries campaign—a celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the law school and a commemoration of the 50th graduation anniversary of the school’s first Black students. The campaign integrated honest and powerful storytelling, connected current students with long-time alumni, and renewed relationships with important members of the law school community who had long lost contact with the institution—raising $1.5 million in crowdsourced funding to honor the earliest Black graduates at Alabama Law.
For more than a decade, Josh has specialized in building relationships with the media, influencers, and key stakeholders across higher education, nonprofit, government, and technology sectors. His direct PR efforts have led to hundreds of unique earned press placements in globally recognized outlets such as USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, NPR, and CNN. Prior to working in academia, Josh spent several years at a public relations firm where he represented large consumer tech, outdoor gear, and enterprise tech companies in San Francisco and Salt Lake City. Josh is also a professional writer whose work has been published by the University of California Press, the Alabama Association for Justice Journal, The Salt Lake Tribune, and Capstone Lawyer. In his writing, he utilizes autoethnography and personal narrative to build bridges between marginalized communities and large institutions and religious groups. He also explores ways institutions can take ownership of and reconcile with complex histories and ongoing crises while gaining public trust.
In his spare time, Josh loves hiking with his dog, going on cross-country road trips with his three kids, playing racquetball, coaching youth basketball, and cheering on the Utah Jazz and the New York Liberty with his daughter.