About

Josh Levinson grew up in Kāneʻohe and Mānoa and has spent his career working with communities to address their central issues and concerns.  Through his current work with JPLevinson Consulting, and previously as a Principal of Islander Institute and 3Point Consulting, Josh has been a planner and advisor to many community-based organizations in Hawaiʻi. 

Before joining 3Point, Josh was: Field Organizer of Neil Abercrombie’s successful gubernatorial campaign and Director of Communications in Governor Abercrombie’s office; CEO of Community Links Hawaiʻi, which helped social entrepreneurs jumpstart their enterprises; and Deputy Director of DC Appleseed, a public interest advocacy organization in Washington, D.C.

Josh’s past experiences include working on a large oral history project about African-American life in the segregated South; public radio production at Marketplace Productions in Los Angeles; documenting the occupational health hazards of commercial fishing in North Carolina; and clerking at a civil liberties law practice in Honolulu.

Josh is a graduate of Duke University and holds a Master's degree in Folklore from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he was a recipient of the Archie Green Fellowship in Occupational Folklife. He is Immediate Past President of the Board of Trustees of Temple Emanu-El of Honolulu. Josh lives in Kailua with his wife and children.