OUR TRIBE

ONE TRIBE leaders come from diverse backgrounds and bring to the tribe various unique skill sets and strengths. Other than living and leading authentically, being emotionally intelligent and having developed a growth mindset; each leader has two additional and specific commonalities, 1. They have dedicated their lives to serving the world heart first through servant leadership, and 2. They have all made a commitment to creating positive and lasting change for the next generation.

ONE TRIBE Leaders serve, or have previously served, in some of the following capacities; Elite Military leaders, CEOs, Ivy League Professors, Clinical Psychologists, Educational Leaders, business leaders, collegiate and professional athletes/coaches, and First Responders. The ripple effect of their collective service and impact on the world is far spread. We are excited to introduce you to some of them!

Board of Directors:

DJ Dolan

-President and Founder

DJ is a servant leader who believes that optimism is at the center of mental toughness, and gratitude the center of happiness. He is fascinated with human potential and believes that great leaders who choose to serve as teammates can create a ripple effect that will contribute to human flourishing. 

DJ was raised by a “village” of family members and close family friends, coaches, and mentors that inspired him to believe in himself and take action toward his dreams. DJ was an All-State athlete in high school playing both football and basketball. He earned a scholarship to play football at Merrimack College, where he started all four years. After graduation, DJ was signed by the All-American Heavyweights boxing team in Los Angeles, CA before joining the United States military. 

DJ was the honor graduate of each phase of his military training, including basic and advanced infantry training, Airborne School, Special Forces Assessment and Selection, the Special Forces Warriors Leaders Course, and Accelerated Officer Candidate School. He received several achievement medals as well as the “Iron Man” award for scoring the highest physical fitness score while training in the Special Forces Qualification Course. DJ served as an infantry platoon leader before resigning from his commission in 2016 to focus solely on his civilian careers.

DJ has served as a lead instructor with The Program for 8 years. The Program is an international leadership development and team-building company that works with collegiate and professional sports teams and corporations. The program instructors come from various special operations and elite sport and corporate backgrounds. The Program was founded by Eric Kapitulik who serves on the board of directors for One Tribe and who has served as a mentor and teammate to DJ over the past decade.

DJ serves as a decorated Trooper with one of the largest state police agencies in America where he has worked as a detective with the Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section attached to the US Marshals fugitive task force, a team member on the Special Tactical Operations Team, an instructor, as well as a peer supporter. He has also served as a youth mentor in Lawrence, MA at the Bellisini Academy and Lawrence High School.
DJ serves as co-captain of “Team Dolan” with his wife and two little teammates. Team Dolan’s mission is to spread love; the love of life, love for others, and love of learning and growth.

Eric Kapitulik

-Executive Board Member/Leadership Advisor

Born and raised in Thompson, CT, Eric Kapitulik attended Pomfret Preparatory School, where he excelled as a three-sport varsity athlete. Upon graduation, Eric matriculated at the United States Naval Academy, where he was a four-year varsity letter player on the Division I Lacrosse team.

After graduation in 1995, Eric went on to serve in the United States Marine Corps as both an Infantry Officer and Special Operations Officer with 1st Force Reconnaissance Company, 1st Marine Division. As a Platoon Commander within his company, Eric led a team of 20 covert operations specialists on numerous Special Forces-related missions, including long-range reconnaissance patrols, hostage rescues, high-altitude jump exercises, ship takeovers and gas-oil platform takedowns.

In 1999, during a routine training mission to prepare for an upcoming deployment to the Persian Gulf, Eric and his platoon were in a helicopter crash that resulted in the death of seven Marines. In response to this tragedy, Eric created the Force Reconnaissance Scholarship Fund to benefit the children of his fallen men.

Eric left active duty after eight years of service and received his MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business in 2005. He founded The Program in 2008.

Eric holds himself to high standards and always strives to do ONE MORE. He has participated in eight Ironman Triathlons, The Canadian Death Race Ultra Marathon, The Eco Challenge, and The American Birkebeiner Ski Marathon. He is also an avid mountaineer and has summited five of the Seven Summits (the highest peaks on each of the seven continents): Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt. McKinley, Mt. Aconcagua, Mt. Elbrus, and, most recently, Mt. Everest.

Harold Shaw

-Executive Board Member/ Non-Profit Operations Advisor

Harold “Harry” Shaw served as the president of United Way of the Mid-South for 22 years and was a member of the organization since 1969. Harold grew up in Boston, the youngest of five children. His mother passed away when he was 12 and his father, who drove a truck for Boston Ice Co., and the remaining family at home moved in with his older sister and her family. He has seen life from both sides of need. "I used to wear cardboard in my shoes half the year because we couldn't afford to get shoes, but I never thought anything of that; I always thought there were poorer people out there than we were," he said. "I grew up in a family that had a lot of love, and we were wealthy in so many ways, but money wasn't one of the ways." While at Suffolk University in Boston, he fell in with Alpha Phi Omega fraternity where he learned the altruistic benefits of philanthropy.
After graduating from college he was drafted into military service and signed up for the Coast Guard before working for the Getty Oil Co. in Connecticut.  Soon after joining the United Way, he became the division director of the mercantile division. He built on the knowledge he gained with his tenure at United Way organizations in Boston, Syracuse, N.Y., and Columbus, Ohio, before bringing it all to Memphis, where he successfully led the organization for 22 years. Harold is enjoying retirement with his wife and family in Florida where he continues to serve the world, heart first. 

Advisory Board Members:

-Dr. Tal Ben Shahar

Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar is an internationally recognized professor and author in the fields of positive psychology and happiness. After graduating from Harvard with a BA in Philosophy and Psychology and a PhD in Organizational Behavior, Tal taught two of the most popular courses in Harvard’s history: Positive Psychology and The Psychology of Leadership and taught Happiness Studies at Columbia University. He is an international, best-selling author whose books have been translated into more than 30 languages. He has also written 2 children's books aim to teach children about happiness.

Tal Ben-Shahar consults and lectures to executives in multinational corporations, educational institutes, Fortune 500 companies, and the general public. Topics include leadership, education, ethics, happiness, self-esteem, resilience, goal setting and mindfulness.

Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar is the co-founder of the Happiness Studies Academy and Potentialife, as well as the creator and instructor of the Certificate in Happiness Studies and the Happier School programs.

Tal is an avid sportsman and a certified yoga instructor whose work bridges Eastern and Western traditions, ancient wisdom and modern technology, science, and art.

Lt. Colonel Josh Carrol, Esq

Josh is a corporate attorney at Ropes & Gray LLP in Boston, and a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force Reserve. During college, he enrolled in ROTC and was a member of the football team. After earning his commission, he became an intelligence officer in the Air Force. In 2011 while serving in Afghanistan, Josh co-founded Flying Scarfs, a nonprofit business that sold handmade scarves made by Afghan women, and later handicrafts made in Kenya and Haiti. After separating from active duty, he attended Duke Law School on the GI Bill, where he was the Chief Executive Editor of the Duke Law & Technology review. After graduation, he served as a law clerk for the Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. When he is not lawyering, serving as a reservist or advising nonprofits, he can be found training for his next endurance race. Josh has completed numerous triathlons, marathons and a 140.6 mile Ironman. He lives in Natick with his two young kids and wife.

-Dr. Frank Gallo Ph.D, Owner Blue Life Academy

Dr Gallo is a licensed psychologist and owner of Blue Life Behavioral Health, and the creator of the Blue Life Academy and Blue Life Coach app. Since 2009, Dr. Gallo has been working with uniformed service professionals struggling with all sorts of behavioral health conditions and problems getting in the way of valued living and peak performance at work, home, or wherever they are in life. As an experienced healthcare administrator and senior leader, Dr. Gallo has designed and implemented specialized and dedicated trauma and addiction treatment programs for uniformed service professionals in residential, partial hospital, intensive outpatient, and outpatient treatment settings. He served as a civilian psychologist in the United States Air Force, directing the psychological health program at the Massachusetts Air National Guard 104th Fighter Wing.

Currently, Dr. Gallo is also a Joint Commission Behavioral Health Surveyor. He surveys behavioral health care organizations throughout the United States. And applies various skills to determine an organization’s degree of compliance with applicable standards and functionality of behavioral health care delivery systems. He engages organization staff in interactive dialogues to assess and identify opportunities for performance improvement.

Besides Dr. Gallo’s clinical experience, he is a retired Rhode Island, municipal police officer. His police experience included uniformed patrol, community policing, detectives, training division, and the special reaction team, using specialized tactics and weapons to resolve high-threat situations. 

Dr. Gallo was also a tenured Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Western New England University, where he taught a range of courses in policing, criminal behavior, and research methods. He left his academic position to dedicate his work full-time to professional psychology in uniformed service settings.

Dr. Gallo is the author of numerous articles in police psychology, police training manuals, and the book Bouncing Back from Trauma: The Essential Step by Step Guide for Police Readiness. He’s provided recruit and in-service training for uniformed service professionals. He has presented and consulted internationally on policing and the use of force and nationally on acceptance and commitment therapy and training in uniformed service and healthcare settings. 

Jarrod Pelletier, Portfolio Manager- Westwood Global Investments LLC, Boston MA

-Treasurer, One Tribe

Jarrod Pelletier is the Co-Portfolio Manager & Co-Partner for the WGI Developed Markets ex-U.S. fund.   Jarrod has over fifteen years of broad investment experience.  Prior to joining WGI, Jarrod was an International Equity Analyst from 2009 to 2015 and an Investment Associate from 2006 to 2009 all with Putnam Investments.  Jarrod’s geographical coverage has spanned all major international markets including all of Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, and various other markets in South America and Asia. 

Jarrod received a B.S. in Business Administration from Merrimack College and an M.B.A. from Yale University. 

Outside of work, Jarrod and his wife Kristen have two boys, Leo and Jack.  Jarrod grew up in the Merrimack Valley area and attended Central Catholic High School where he played football, wrestled, and ran track.  Post Central Catholic, Jarrod attended Merrimack College where he played football with other One Tribe members DJ Dolan and Josh Carroll.  Today, Jarrod is still actively training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with a background in martial arts that spans over 15 years.   Outside of MMA, Jarrod is an avid skier and Boston sports fan. 

Jarrod joined One Tribe in January of 2021 given both his close relationship with the Founder DJ Dolan, as well as his shared interest in the mission and philosophy of One Tribe. Jarrod also serves on the Investment committee at both The Catholic Schools Foundation & Central Catholic High School.  At Merrimack College, Jarrod is part of the College Leadership Council and is on the Friends Council committee for BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BOSTON

-Dr. Edward Reynoso, Principal Lawrence HS (MA)

Dr. Edward Reynoso grew up in Lawrence, on Basswood Street. His parents immigrated to the U.S. from the Dominican Republican in the late 60’s. His mom believed that his first responsibility in life as a child was to respect their family by doing his best in school. Her support and his teachers’ belief in him have not only contributed to his personal success but have become the philosophy he brings to education in Lawrence. “I know that what we do for our kids is the most important contribution we can make for the well-being and continued growth of our community,” says Dr. Reynoso.

  His first job in Lawrence Public Schools was a crisis counselor at the Arlington Middle School, where he had an opportunity to work with an at-risk population, which quickly made him realize how important the role of educators in Lawrence is. After that, he decided to pursue a master’s degree in school counseling, which led him to the Leadership in Urban Schools Doctoral program at UMass Boston. The more he studied the dynamics of our students, their families, and the unique challenges of our community, the more he realized that he wanted to be in a role that could affect change.

  As an administrator in Lawrence Public Schools for the past twenty years, he has worked in a variety of positions, with exposure to multiple facets of public education. From 2000 to 2011, he was an assistant principal and then a principal at Lawrence High School. He was then asked to work with a Level 4 middle school as part of the turn-around plan in 2012. After working diligently with the faculty, students, and families, he and his colleagues were able to put that school back on track, and as a result, it has recently been named a Level 1 school. He has since worked in two other middle schools to support the four pillars of education set forth under the superintendent’s turnaround plan.  He was then appointed as the Special Assistant to the Superintendent, working at the Guilmette Middle School with its leadership team to support the mission, vision, and values of the school. He is also the coach of the reigning champion intramural girls’ basketball team.

Since 2016, Dr. Reynoso is serving as the Principal of the LHS-Upper School Academy.  As the Principal of USA, he is responsible for over 1,100 students in 11th and 12th grade. Dr. Reynoso says that the best part of his career has been working with the young minds in Lawrence.  The focus of his work has been to help them develop a growth mindset, to believe that with hard work, they can achieve anything in life, regardless of the unique circumstances of their backgrounds. “I want our kids to understand like my mother wanted me to understand, that completing high school and attending college will give them the opportunities for a better life.” As a result, over the past twenty years, his goal has been to support the whole child, in and out of school, a reality that he says will only exist as long as we are all working together.

Alana Roach, Executive Communications Leader, IBM

-Director of Fundraising, One Tribe

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-Timothy Burns, Programs Manager, BAE Systems

Timothy is a visionary leader driven by his passion for next-generation technologies, and how innovative solutions can solve problems before they exist. I collaborate with executive leadership to identify the right markets to play in, and how to win.

Jomar Batista, Director of Mentee Relations, Apparel

One Tribe

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-Thomas Newman, Cheif Innovation Officer, Hawkin Dynamics. Director Sports Performance and Innovation, Yale

-Director of Performance Innovation, One Tribe

At Yale I directly oversaw the Sports Performance program of Football and Men's Lacrosse and cross-campus collaborations with the School of Medicine and School of Engineering. As a result, both programs achieved their goal of achieving a league and a national championship. In addition, these campus collaborations would lead to countless custom-built products and solutions for our students that helped achieve peak performance and safety.

Football was also able to achieve individual awards of Coach of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the year, and two Rookie of the year awards. These results were accomplished within my first two years with the program. Additionally, the lacrosse program saw similar outcomes with a national championship in 2018, National Runner up in 2019. These accomplishments were also followed by National Coach of the Year, Tewaratton Winner, and three years of Tewaratonn finalist appearances. These results would lead to secured Alumni funding in the spring of 2018 for a new performance building set to open in 2021. Lastly, both programs completely rewrote the individual statistics in nearly every category for both single-season and career records.

This scientific-based methodology was expanded to all 32 teams in 2018, and nearly all 32 teams saw similar success. Pre Covid-19 pandemic rankings had 16 out of 32 teams achieve a national ranking in the Top 25.

Lastly, I developed the first NSCA Accredited Sports Performance internship/clinical program in the Ivy League, where we successfully trained over 160 students in three years. In addition, we consistently placed over 75%+ of interns that completed the program in their career field of choice and created a robust online alumni network in an attempt to help set the next generation in our industry up for success.

Reid Eichelberger, IT Recruiting Executive, MONDO

-Director of Human Performance, One Tribe

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-Jason Blydell, Leadership and Performance Coach

Inspiring Heart-Centered Leaders. Coaching Visionary Humans. Building Epic Teams … all while bringing more joy into the world.

I inspire others to create possibility and find meaning in life. I focus my energy and efforts on developing leaders to be their best, not the best. Realizing the greatness that exists in us all and bringing more joy and compassion into the world.

I believe deeply that all of our answers and clarity in life exist within us, it’s just a matter of finding the stillness to explore these depths of our human experience. I empower full self-expression, authenticity, and connection in the workplace.

I passionately teach and coach the benefits of consistent mindset, fitness, nutrition, meditation/mindfulness, and breathwork practices to generate high performance while living a more fulfilling life. And, most blessed to be a husband and father to three mini humans.