A Coloradoan for over a decade, Joshua grew up in northern Virginia, graduating high school in 1983 with the International Baccalaureate.
He attended the University of Virginia, where he graduated in 1987 with a Bachelors of Science in a dual major of Physics and Mathematics. While at the University, he was elected Treasurer and then President of the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, and was a member of Sigma Pi Sigma, the national Physics Honor Society. After graduation, Joshua returned to northern Virginia, where he took up a career in defense and intelligence consulting, working on such projects as satellite systems and missile defense.
Eventually, he turned to a career in web development, and in 1997 he turned west, arriving in Denver in March of that year. He attended the University of Denver as a Daniels Scholar and graduated in 2005 with an MBA as well as a Masters of Science in Finance, and has since passed the NYSE Series 7 and the Chartered Financial Analyst Exam, Level I.
In February 2009, Sharf was elected to serve as Vice Chair of the Denver County Republican Party. Sharf was selected as a delegate to the 2006 Colorado Republican State Assembly. He also served as an election judge in 2004 and 2005.
Joshua is an active political commentator and blogger. He produces Backbone Radio with Ross Kaminsky on KNUS-710, and has held down a spot on the Denver Post’s PoliticsWest.com Gang of Four Blog. This is in addition to his own blogging at View From a Height, and at Brent Bozell’s Newsbusters. He is one of the founding members of the Rocky Mountain Alliance of Blogs. Joshua also is a graduate of the 2006 class of the prestigious Leadership Program of the Rockies.
Mr. Sharf is a founding member of the DAT Minyan Congregation (voted one of the “Top 25 Most Vibrant Congregations” by Newsweek), and an active member of Americans Against Terrorism. He represents both the Denver Academy of Torah and the DAT Minyan Congregation on the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Colorado. He is married to Susie Sharf, a freelance web designer. His parents, sister and brother-in-law, Ellen & Steve, currently live in Atlanta, and he is the proud uncle of Jamie and Daniel (and will brag about them on demand).
Joshua holds a Private Pilot’s license, and is a talented amateur photographer. He and Susie have travelled Colorado extensively with their gigantic black labrador retriever, Sage and their new rescue beagle, Abby.
