Joel P. Engardio[1] (born September 17, 1972) is an American politician, writer, and public-safety advocate.

[3] Engardio is a native of Saginaw, Michigan, where he attended Arthur Hill High School.

[4] Engardio graduated with a bachelor's in journalism from Michigan State University and a Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

[5] Engardio and Tom Shepard directed the documentary Knocking about Jehovah's Witnesses.

[9] This proposition would encourage the San Francisco Unified School District to allow eighth graders to take Algebra I, in place of needing to wait until ninth grade.