Hello. We are Plywood: an innovative community addressing social needs. We are always searching for social problems with the hope to match them with entrepreneurial creativity to organize, innovate, and manage ideas that produce change. We hope to foster conversations and collaboration between the privileged and those in need through educational environments, sustainable ventures, community places, social experiments, storytelling projects, cause marketing campaigns, and new consumption patterns.

Our Team
Jeff Shinabarger, Founder and Creative Director
Gisele Nelson, Project Manager
Joanna DeWolf, Editor
Russell Shaw, Designer
Aaron Lake, Marketing and Business Strategy
Mike Nienaber, Partnerships and Advertising

Blogger Team
Andre Shinabarger, Grady Memorial Hospital
Bethany Hoang, International Justice Mission
Duncan McFadzean, Seven Men
James Pearson, Acholi Beads
Jena Nardella, Blood:Water Mission
Leroy Barber, Mission Year

Creative Team
Chris Covington
Elizabeth Malpass, Alterna 180
Evan McHugh, Evan McHugh Design
Jonothan Bostic, Its Looks Good & Garden to City
Michael Morin, See Spot Run
Larry Luk, Epidemik Coalition

Our Values

Dignity
Humanity deserves respect. Partnership with all people will only happen by bringing equality back to all. We hope to celebrate humanity through uniqueness and character of individuals. Communication about people groups must be done in an uplifting and positive positioning. We dare to bring hope and restoration to people through the introduction of new developing communities and groups.

Collaboration
Decentralized organizations can’t be stopped. We believe that through more complex and eclectic community, projects result in deeper thought, further in reach, and more holistic in nature. Community will instigate all creation. Loving our neighbors will be the heart of business, rooting a definitive presence in all materialization.

Local + Global
A new neighbor understanding is a reality. Globalization has brought a new responsibility to the idea of neighboring. Local communities must still prioritize passions. Without addressing the needs of both local and global communities, we are limiting the future of culture.

Beauty
Each creation should be crafted with a commitment to beauty and excellence. Artisans ought to be engaged in the process to help define the presentation style and swag with uniqueness and charm.

Environment
Sustainability is an essential presence. We are committed to a positive environmental impact of our actions through: solid waste reduction, limiting energy consumption, and creating new values in recycled materials. We believe that by creating through reusing, our story is creating a deeper economy and lasting impression.

More Than Profit
Bottom line success is evaluated through community, environment, and profit. The triple bottom line mindset fosters new forms of ventures that will redefine consumption and business standards. Creating the future will result in a deeper economy.