Wendy Kopp

Wendy Kopp is the Co-Founder and CEO of Teach For All, a global network of independent organizations working to develop collective leadership to ensure all children can fulfill their potential. Prior to launching Teach For All in 2007, Wendy founded Teach For America, which expands opportunity for children in the United States, and led the organization for 24 years. She holds a B.A. from Princeton University as well as honorary doctorate degrees from 15 universities. Wendy has been recognized with numerous awards including the WISE Prize for Education, the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, and the Schwab Foundation’s Outstanding Social Entrepreneur Award.

About Teach For All

Teach For All is a global network of independent, locally led organizations expanding opportunity for children by developing leadership at every level of the education system and beyond. Now operating in more than 60 countries on six continents, Teach For All’s network partners recruit and develop promising leaders to teach in their nations’ under-resourced schools and communities and cultivate their lifelong leadership as a force for change. Teach For All increases impact by supporting the development of new organizations, fostering network connectivity and learning, providing coaching and consulting, and enabling access to global resources for the benefit of the network’s partners.