About Us

Linda

Linda is passionate about Living in Community and brings her enthusiasm and communication skills to our network. Her main focus is enhancing the quality of relationships in a community setting, as she promotes our growth, and collaborates with other like­minded organizations.

Linda’s expertise has focused on the challenges of change, communication skills, team building, leadership development, and time management.

She is a freelance facilitator at RelationShape who has extensive experience in conflict resolution, problem solving and decision making strategies.

Shells

“Shells” grew up in a family business, managing a large RV and mobile home community. Since then she has visited and lived in many different types of communities throughout the United States, Mexico and Central America.

After years of developing conceptual and graphic renderings of individual communities, her focus has turned to a larger vision of the idea of Community, She is a major facilitator for the Well Living Ecovillage.

She brings her background in construction and experience in community management along with her strong technical skills to this endeavor.

Jeannette

“I'm the team member who focuses on organizing business and financial issues.
I enjoy working behind the scenes to help make things happen.”

Jeannette has been interested in co­housing for several years, and feels this is the way Boomers will choose to age in place.

Jeannette is currently owner of a local commercial business, previously owned a mortgage brokerage, and owns and manages several rental properties. 

She is Vice Chairman of SCORE, providing mentoring and advice to small businesses, and a mentor in Big Brothers /
Big Sisters.

Zoe

Zoe has an extensive background in organizing places, teams and lives. She provides the tech services to the organization and sees her role as elevating the concept of shared housing, 

Since her early days helping to develop a shared housing program in Portland Oregon, she's interacted with advocates for shared housing nationwide.

Through the use of technology she's enabled organizations and others to spread the word organically about their positive shared housing experiences.