CEO Wendy Kopp

Wendy Kopp is CEO and Co-founder of Teach For All, a global network of independent organizations that are cultivating their nations’ promising future leaders to ensure their most marginalized children have the chance to fulfill their true potential.

Wendy founded in 1989 to marshal the energy of her generation against educational inequity in the United States. Today, more than 8,000 Teach For America corps members—outstanding recent college graduates and professionals of all academic disciplines—are in the midst of two-year teaching commitments in 52 urban and rural regions, and College (2007), (2004), Wendy serves on the Board of New Teach For America has proven to be Mercy College (2004), Profit and is a member of the Council an unparalleled source of long-term (2001), (2000), on Foreign Relations. leadership for expanding opportunity (1995), and Drew for children. After leading Teach For University (1995). Wendy holds a bachelor’s degree America’s growth and development for from Princeton University, where she 24 years, in 2013, Wendy transitioned She is the youngest person and the participated in the undergraduate out of the role of CEO. Today, she first woman to receive Princeton program of the Woodrow Wilson remains an active member of Teach For University’s Woodrow Wilson Award School of Public and International America’s board. (1993), the highest honor the school Affairs. She resides in New York City confers on its undergraduate alumni. with her husband Richard Barth and Wendy led the development of Teach In 1994 Time Magazine recognized their four children. For All to be responsive to the initiative her as one of the forty most promising of inspiring social entrepreneurs leaders under 40; in 2006, U.S. News RECENT PRESS around the world who were determined & World Report named her as one of to adapt this approach in their own America’s Best Leaders; and in 2008, • Devex, “A new front for foreign aid” countries. Now approaching its 10th Time Magazine recognized her as one The Wall Street Journal, “Copying anniversary, the Teach For All network of the World’s 100 Most Influential • Singapore’s math homework” is comprised of partner organizations People. Wendy was the recipient of in 46 countries on six continents, the Forbes 400 Lifetime Achievement • Project Syndicate, “A Global Education including its founding partners Teach Award for Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystem” For America and the U.K.’s Teach First. (2014); she has also been recognized • TIME, “How to help national school with the Presidential Citizens Medal systems succeed” Wendy is the author of A Chance to Make (2008), the National BRIGHT, “Re-imaging education” History: What Works and What Doesn’t Community Service Award (2011), the • in Providing an Excellent Education for Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship • The Economist, “High fliers in the classroom” All (2011) and One Day, All Children: The (2008), The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize CNN, “On GPS: Takeaways from PISA Unlikely Triumph of Teach For America and in Education Award (2006), the John F. • education rankings” What I Learned Along the Way (2000). Kennedy New Frontier Award (2004), She holds honorary doctorate degrees the Clinton Center Award for Leadership • NPR’s How I Built This With Guy Raz, from (2014), and National Service (2003), the Schwab “Teach For America: Wendy Kopp” (2013), Dartmouth Foundation’s Outstanding Social Quartz, “A quiet education revolution College (2012), Entrepreneur Award (2003), Aetna’s • worldwide is giving kids the skills to be (2012), (2010), Voice of Conscience Award (1994), 21st-century citizens” Washington University in St. Louis the Citizen Activist Award from the (2009), (2008), Gleitsman Foundation (1994), and the • Financial Times, “Discard old ideas of (2007), Rhodes Jefferson Award for Public Service (1991). a leader of the free world”

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