Founders
Tim Shephard - President and Director of Communication Strategies
An expert in Media Communications and Marketing with a decade of experience. Tim has worked at the Olympics and in Hollywood, started 2 media companies, traveled the world, worked on documentaries, and has been a lead videographer, editor and media manager for a multi-million dollar company in California. In 2014 Tim started One Thousand Voices (later becoming part of IS-CS Group) and over the past 2 years has spent time working in Lebanon collecting stories of the Syrian refugees and helping local NGOs improve their media and communication strategies through training workshops.
Daniel Shephard - Director of Implementation Science
An expert in education and evaluation with over 8 years of experience. Before IS-CS Group, Daniel was an Associate Fellow at the White House Social and Behavioral Sciences Team, Senior Manager for Research and Education at Aflatoun International, a consultant for the International Labour Organization, and a teacher. He has worked on revising curriculum content globally with dozens of non-profit and government partners. He holds a Masters in Evidence Based Social Intervention from the University of Oxford and has contributed to or led more than a dozen randomized controlled trials of innovative programs and over thirty monitoring and evaluation efforts -- including work in the middle east.
Advisory Team
Andreas Hein
Andreas is an expert in evidence based social intervention with a Doctoral degree from Oxford who directs the research and post-graduate school of social work at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Arian Gjikola
Arian has over 8 years of education experience. He holds two Master’s of Education degrees including from the University of Oxford. Arian has extensive expertise in Special Education, school readiness, English learning, and educational research. He is a licensed teacher.
Alexa Varriano
She is a ESL teacher licensed in New York holding two Masters degrees, one being from the University of Oxford. She has extensive experience in school-wide reform initiatives, especially those designed to help teachers use data to improve classroom outcomes.
Board
Daniel Shephard - Founder & Chief Executive
Daniel is a co-founder and a member of the board of The Implementation Science and Communication Strategies Group. On the board, he serves as the Chief Executive Officer. He is leading the organization’s day-to-day operations and project work as President. Daniel is also an affiliate of the Office of Evaluation Sciences, Nudge4 Solutions Lab, and a senior adviser and member of the board of Nudge Lebanon.
Tim Shephard - Founder
Tim is the co-founder and a member of the board of The Implementation Science and Communication Strategies Group. He is currently the Digital Creative Director at Loch Harbour Group.
Messalina Tiro - Treasurer
Messalina is a stakeholder engagement and communication expert with 10 years of experience with multinationals. She has previous experience managing fundraising efforts for a large international non-profit. She holds a degree in Communication and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Calgary.
Christopher Retts - Secretary
Chris is a member of the board and provides input into the use of creative media to share the success stories of projects and on how to integrate film into projects. He took up a position on the board in 2018. He is an expert in film and communications. He is currently the Program Administrator at the Los Angeles Film Studies Center.