Jessica Sharp is a Capacity Building Specialist with the SC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Through her work, she supports youth serving organizations that work youth primarily in out-of-home care. She has prior work experience at Meals on Wheels, Greenville Health System and the YMCA of Greenville. She is the Founder and Chief Educator of Sharp Brain Consulting which works with public service agencies to provide education about the brain and its effect on organizational outcomes.
Jessica is dedicated to advancing the rights of our community’s underserved people. After earning a marketing degree from the University of South Carolina, she pursued her passion through Teach for America—an organization that places recent graduates in classrooms in underserved communities. Additionally, she has a Master in Public Affairs degree from the University of Missouri.
Jessica is the Chair of JL Mann High School’s School Improvement Council and is a member of the United Way’s YP Leadership Giving Society Council. She is an active member of the Junior League of Greenville and serves on the board of the Greenville Little Theatre. Jessica has previously held leadership roles with the Greenville Chamber of Commerce, LeadHER Greenville, the Urban League’s Upstate Network, and Better Business Bureau of the Upstate.
She is a graduate of Leadership Greenville and is a Diversity Fellow with the Riley Institute. Jessica has been named a Rising Star through the Association of Junior Leagues International; one of Greenville’s Best and Brightest under 35 and a Talented Tenth Top 10 Young Professionals. She has been recognized in the NextGen section of the Upstate Business Black Box magazine. Jessica volunteers with the YMCA of Greenville and A Child’s Haven. Jessica regularly speaks about various topics related to diversity, inclusion and the brain, and is an active blogger for GenTwenty, a website for millennial women.
She is currently a student at William James College where she is obtaining a Doctorate in Leadership Psychology. In her free time, Jessica enjoys reading, listening to podcasts, watching college football and spending time with friends and family. Jessica is active on Instagram and twitter at @sharpjes.
