Jared James May, EdD (Candidate)
Co-founder & Board President

Jared James May is a higher education professional, design strategist, and neurodiversity advocate whose work brings together accessibility, rhetoric, and reflective practice. As co-founder of Woodland Pacific, Jared draws on two decades of experience in communication design, disability inclusion, and educational development across institutions like Villanova University and Harvard Graduate School of Design. His doctoral research at Bridges Graduate School explores how twice-exceptional (2e) learners are mischaracterized in educational systems—and what becomes possible when institutions center cognitive diversity and lived experience.

Jared’s strengths lie in translating complex experiences into inclusive systems and environments. Through consulting, program development, and professional training, he helps educators and leaders reimagine their spaces with neurodivergent learners in mind. His approach is both analytical and deeply personal: informed by his own experiences of divergence and grounded in dialogue, mutual learning, and design justice. At Woodland Pacific, Jared leads with a vision of transformation—one rooted in relationship, sustained by intentional cohorts, and made tangible through a nature-integrated campus that welcomes people as they are and supports who they’re becoming.