A diverse council of leaders on the vanguard of change
A diverse council of leaders on the vanguard of change

NationSwell Council Membership
A nomination-based membership for leading senior thought leaders, change makers, and social impact amplifiers. Members are committed to driving and scaling change through cross-sector collaboration, inspiration, and connection.
Select Council Leaders

WENDY KOPP
CEO and Co-founder
Teach For All

DONNEL BAIRD
Founder
BlocPower

JULIA COLLINS
Founder and CEO
Planet FWD

MIKE CURTIN
CEO
DC Central Kitchen

MATTHEW E. BERSHADKER
President and CEO
ASPCA

REYNA MONTOYA
Founder and CEO
Aliento

MIKE KEO
Co-founder
Make Us Visible

LAUREN BAER
Managing Partner
Arena

AUTUMN MCDONALD
Senior Fellow and Head
New America CA

CARLOS MARK VERA
Exec Director and Co-founder
Pay Our Interns

LORI CHOI M.D
Co-founder and CEO
I’ll Have What She’s Having

ALEJANDRO GIBES DE GAC
Founder and CEO
Springboard Collaborative
Impact from the ground up
Council serves individual thought leaders, nonprofit leaders, community leaders, academics, and amplifiers with the support needed to generate impact, serve their communities, and advance their organizations in this rapidly changing world.
What Council leaders say

NationSwell Events
NationSwell’s events and experiences are designed to bring together diverse, purpose-driven leaders and organizations for learning, inspiration, relationship-building, and societal impact.
INSIGHTS LIBRARY
Explore NationSwell’s Insights Library for the latest trend reports, executive briefings, survey findings, and more — including our latest briefing on skilling the future workforce.
FIVE MINUTES WITH…
Taj Eldridge, Managing Director of Climate Innovation at Jobs for the Future, shares with us about green jobs, meeting the demand for a skilled workforce, and the power of dissenting thought.
Making the Case for Childcare
NationSwell explores the Case for Childcare Collaborative, a cross-sector coalition working to solve our nation’s crisis of childcare and help 1.1 million women return to a better workplace.