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Jonah Wittkamper is a biologist, [1] technologist, startup founder [2] and social entrepreneur. He is the Co-Founder and President of the NEXUS, a movement to help wealthy families engage in charity and impact investing. [3] In 2020, he founded the Amazon Investor Coalition to advance forest friendly economic development and the rule of law. [4] [5] [6] In addition, in 2017, he created the Healthy Democracy Coalition, a network of philanthropists dedicated to bridging political divides.
Wittkamper works to unite young social and philanthropic leaders to influence the public sector, including the United Nations, [7] [8] [9] [10] the White House [11] [12] and the United States Congress. [13] [14] [15] Earlier in his career, he co-founded the Global Youth Action Network, a global association of youth organizations that merged with TakingITGlobal and grew to become one of the largest communities of young social change leaders on the internet. [16] In 2007, he joined Distributive Networks and helped to build the text messaging technology of the 2008 Obama campaign [17] and in 2015 he served as an advisor to the Council on Foundations' Evolution of Philanthropy Initiative. [18] He has worked as the United States Director of Search for Common Ground [19] and is the founder and owner of EZinTouch.com, a contact management platform. He is an alumnus of Williams College, Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn) and Camp Rising Sun.
Before co-founding NEXUS, Wittkamper served in various roles that focused on impacting and inspiring youth leaders across the world. Beginning in 2000, Wittkamper co-founded the Global Youth Action Network (GYAN). [20] Through the help of Wittkamper, GYAN reinforced the participation of youth in global decision-making. Wittkamper served as the Chief Technology Officer and opened the South American Regional Office, which he ran until 2006. [21] Soon, GYAN merged with TakingITGlobal, as mentioned previously. TakingITGlobal quickly became the largest Internet site dedicated to the empowerment of young leaders, receiving almost 2 million hits every day.
Jonah Wittkamper is the grandson of Will Wittkamper, a former steward of Koinonia Farm. This is the inter-racial Christian intentional community in Americus, Georgia, that inspired the creation of Habitat for Humanity. [22] The Wittkamper family is profiled in the book Class of 65. [23] Wittkamper is also a grand-nephew of George S. Vest, former Director General of the US Foreign Service.
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Jonah Wittkamper is a biologist, [1] technologist, startup founder [2] and social entrepreneur. He is the Co-Founder and President of the NEXUS, a movement to help wealthy families engage in charity and impact investing. [3] In 2020, he founded the Amazon Investor Coalition to advance forest friendly economic development and the rule of law. [4] [5] [6] In addition, in 2017, he created the Healthy Democracy Coalition, a network of philanthropists dedicated to bridging political divides.
Wittkamper works to unite young social and philanthropic leaders to influence the public sector, including the United Nations, [7] [8] [9] [10] the White House [11] [12] and the United States Congress. [13] [14] [15] Earlier in his career, he co-founded the Global Youth Action Network, a global association of youth organizations that merged with TakingITGlobal and grew to become one of the largest communities of young social change leaders on the internet. [16] In 2007, he joined Distributive Networks and helped to build the text messaging technology of the 2008 Obama campaign [17] and in 2015 he served as an advisor to the Council on Foundations' Evolution of Philanthropy Initiative. [18] He has worked as the United States Director of Search for Common Ground [19] and is the founder and owner of EZinTouch.com, a contact management platform. He is an alumnus of Williams College, Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn) and Camp Rising Sun.
Before co-founding NEXUS, Wittkamper served in various roles that focused on impacting and inspiring youth leaders across the world. Beginning in 2000, Wittkamper co-founded the Global Youth Action Network (GYAN). [20] Through the help of Wittkamper, GYAN reinforced the participation of youth in global decision-making. Wittkamper served as the Chief Technology Officer and opened the South American Regional Office, which he ran until 2006. [21] Soon, GYAN merged with TakingITGlobal, as mentioned previously. TakingITGlobal quickly became the largest Internet site dedicated to the empowerment of young leaders, receiving almost 2 million hits every day.
Jonah Wittkamper is the grandson of Will Wittkamper, a former steward of Koinonia Farm. This is the inter-racial Christian intentional community in Americus, Georgia, that inspired the creation of Habitat for Humanity. [22] The Wittkamper family is profiled in the book Class of 65. [23] Wittkamper is also a grand-nephew of George S. Vest, former Director General of the US Foreign Service.