Joel Grewe has lived and worked here in Purcellville for more than a decade. He is comfortable with whipping up budgets, organizing teams, keeping stakeholders informed, and teaching leadership and ethics. These are daily skills he uses in his work as director of Generation Joshua, a nonprofit headquartered here in town that teaches American government, politics, and leadership to high school stud
ents nationwide. He and his wife, Christie, spend their days staying one step ahead of their three boys. He grew up on a farm in Washington State and then moved to Virginia in 2007 where he and his wife Christie have chosen to raise their three boys. Joel has a bachelor’s degree in Government from Eastern Washington University.