Jonathan Guy (Founder)

Founder

In 2001, Jonathan Guy moved from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to San Francisco Bay Area to play college baseball. By 2004, he went on his first foreign trip to Japan and from that day forward his whole perspective on life changed. He has always been motivated to travel due to his parents, older brother, best friend, and mentors.

In 2009, he moved to China where he embraced a community by working with families from all walks of life. After living abroad, Guy knew that he wanted to return to the United States to teach marginalized communities and inspire them to travel while volunteering with endangered and mistreated communities of people, environment and wildlife.

Guy believed if students could take steps to get on planes, they'd eventually make strides by flying across oceans. He believes traveling and serving communities is one of the best ways to actively engage and grow. When he started working at Castlemont High School, he told his family that his goal would be to transform lives by introducing students to an education that was both foreign and domestic, but yet realistic and obtainable.

DestinyJay Andrea Maletta (Co-CEO)

Leadership/Management/Communications

DestinyJay is an official Co-CEO of PBC. She models strong leadership, management, and communication. Over the last three years, she's traveled to Thailand, Egypt, Turkey, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Philippines with PBC Castlemont High School Students and has helped with leading over 100 students in PBC's Pathways. She works extremely hard at creating a positive work environment, motivating employees, and modeling strong leadership behaviors. She has visionary thinking and strategic planning skills.

Approachable and Listens to the People

One of the most common things people say about DestinyJay is how approachable and how much of a great active listener she is for students and adults. Everyone feels at ease when she's around.

Creativity and Innovation

Since DestinyJay joined PBC three years ago and she's used her creativity and innovation to help us grow. Being quick thinking and ready to explore new options has helped her develop solutions key to our company's long term success.

Meui Tay Asa (Co-CEO)

Meet Meui, a Co- CEO in PBC that develops clear and comprehensive strategic Plans for the PBC taking into account both short- and long-term goals. She's incredible at effectively executing that plan, and ensuring that her team is aligned and working towards the same objectives. She strives to convey the PBC's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, as well as the ability to make informed decisions and take calculated risks. We salute Meui!

Collaboration/ Teamwork

Meui's a master at collaborate with students, team members and other management professionals. She does an amazing job at considering various ideas and suggestions.

Ethical/ Cultural/ Moral Backbone

One of the things we're most excited about is Meui's ethical, cultural, and moral compass. We love how she teaches youth to acknowledge culture on our journeys over the Pacific Ocean. The fact that she's experienced hardship as a refugee from Cambodia, really allows her to share and enlighten people while collaborating and working with them.