Wendy Abrams
Founder and CEO, Eleven Eleven Foundation
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Wendy Abrams is an environmental activist, and has worked on climate change for over 25 years. Abrams is the Founder and CEO of the Eleven Eleven Foundation, devoted to sustainability, medical research, education, and building community. In 2019, Abrams was honored by RFK Human Rights as a Ripple of Hope Award Laureate for her activism.
In partnership with the Royal Foundation, Abrams is a Founding Partner of The Earthshot Prize honoring leadership in the field of sustainability. In 2020, Abrams helped to establish California's Climate Action Corps, proving to be the blueprint for national climate action.
In 2006, Abrams established Cool Globes, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of climate change. The Cool Globes exhibition has toured 4 continents and has been translated into 9 languages. The exhibit is currently on display at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock.
In 2015, Wendy created "KNOW TOMORROW," a campaign supporting bold climate action on college campuses, culminating with a national day of action, with more than 100,000 students participating on 80 campuses across the country. Wendy serves on the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University. She also serves on the Presidential Leadership Council at USC, and taught “Activism and Advocacy” as an Adjunct Professor at USC’s Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. She established the Abrams Environmental Litigation Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School, and the Global Academy on Climate Change based at Northwestern’s Kellogg School. In addition, Ms. Abrams previously served on boards including: the Center for American Progress Action Fund, NRDC c-4, Environmental Defense Fund c-4, the Field Museum of Natural History, Waterkeeper Alliance as well as Chicago’s PBS station, WTTW. Abrams was an Executive Producer of several documentaries, including “Years of Living Dangerously”; “I Voted?" Apple TV’s five-part series, “Visible: Out on T.V.” and the documentary “Here Now.” Wendy graduated from Brown University and received her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Wendy and her husband, Jim, have four children, and recently added a wonderful son-in-law to the family.
In 2006, Abrams established Cool Globes, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of climate change. The Cool Globes exhibition has toured 4 continents and has been translated into 9 languages. The exhibit is currently on display at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock.
In 2015, Wendy created "KNOW TOMORROW," a campaign supporting bold climate action on college campuses, culminating with a national day of action, with more than 100,000 students participating on 80 campuses across the country. Wendy serves on the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University. She also serves on the Presidential Leadership Council at USC, and taught “Activism and Advocacy” as an Adjunct Professor at USC’s Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. She established the Abrams Environmental Litigation Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School, and the Global Academy on Climate Change based at Northwestern’s Kellogg School. In addition, Ms. Abrams previously served on boards including: the Center for American Progress Action Fund, NRDC c-4, Environmental Defense Fund c-4, the Field Museum of Natural History, Waterkeeper Alliance as well as Chicago’s PBS station, WTTW. Abrams was an Executive Producer of several documentaries, including “Years of Living Dangerously”; “I Voted?" Apple TV’s five-part series, “Visible: Out on T.V.” and the documentary “Here Now.” Wendy graduated from Brown University and received her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Wendy and her husband, Jim, have four children, and recently added a wonderful son-in-law to the family.
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