Our Team
Kathryn Goetzke, MBA
CEO & Chief Hope Officer, The Shine Hope Company
Creator of Hopeful Minds, Hopeful Cities, and Hopeful Mindsets
Scott Mandell, MBA
Advisor, The Shine Hope Company
Former founder and CEO, Enjoy Life Foods
Myron Belfer, MD, MPA
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Senior Associate in Psychiatry, Boston Children’s Hospital
Edward M. Barksdale, Jr., MD, FACS, FAAS
Advisor, The Shine Hope Company
Professor and Surgeon-in-Chief at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital/University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Steve Shell, MBA
Advisor, The Shine Hope Company
Vice President at Renown Health
Kristy L. Stark, MA, EdM, BCBA
Advisor, The Shine Hope Company
A Behavioral Scientist, licensed K-12 Administrator, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Consultant, and Entrepreneur
Dan Tomasulo, PhD
Advisor, The Shine Hope Company
Psychologist, Professor, Speaker, Author of NYT Best Seller Learned Hopefulness
Academic Director at the Spirituality Mind Body Institute (SMBI), Teachers College, Columbia University
Crystal Bryce, PhD
Director of Research, The Shine Hope Company
Associate Dean of Student Affairs and associate professor of medical education for the School of Medicine, University of Texas at Tyler - School of Medicine
Veronica O’Brien, MA, MS
Research Analyst, The Shine Hope Company
Clinical Psychology Doctoral Candidate, Georgia Southern University
Mic Fariscal
Creative and Production Team Lead, The Shine Hope Company
Shannon Ehmsen
Technology Lead, The Shine Hope Company
User Experience, Harvard Medical School
Anna Montances
Marketing Assistant, The Shine Hope Company
