Meet members of our team!

We believe we can all benefit from sharing life experience. Our team of mission-driven professionals is excited to modernize human support and help re-connect humans through our platform – the “Marketplace for Sharing Life Experience.”

Meet Our Team

Mark Donohue
Founder & Executive Chairman

Derek Lundsten
President & Chief Culture Officer

David Hester

David Hester, Ph.D
VP, Guides Community

James Brissenden
VP, Operations

Mark McDonough

Mark McDonough
Head, Data Science

Carolyn Gundersen
Executive VP, Enterprise Growth

Mark Christensen
Sr. Director, People & Partnerships

Gretchen Grove
Director, Client Success

Kathryn Patten
Sr. Director, Guides Operations

Jeff Lowe
Sr. Director, Engineering & Product

Leading our Social Impact Council

Johnny C. Taylor, Jr
Chairman, LifeGuides® Social Impact Council

Press Release – LifeGuides® is delighted to announce Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., the President and CEO of The Society of Human Resource Managers (SHRM), has joined as Chairman of the newly created LifeGuides® Social Impact Council.

Meet Our Strategic Advisory Board

Michael J. Gelb
Co-Chair

Luis Gallardo

Luis Gallardo
Co-Chair

John Staines
Co-Chair

Jennifer Borislow, CLU

Heath Dieckert

Dr. Christopher Jones

Serguei Netessine

Bob Whipple

Bob Spoer

George Bandarian II

Courtney A. Seard

Edie Goldberg

Ryan Bifulco

Will Wallace

David Chen

Kathi Winter

Jim Link

Ann Rhoades

Ann Rhoades

William Tincup

William Tincup

Alexander McCobin

Alexander McCobin

Tim Noortman headshot

Tim Noortman

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