Adam Braun

Adam Braun is a NY Times bestselling author and leader in professional upskilling, the future of work, and sustainability. He is the CEO of Climate Club, which works with leading companies to identify opportunities for success in the low-carbon economy, and the Founder of Pencils of Promise, the award-winning organization he started with just $25 that has built nearly 600 schools around the world.

He has been featured as a speaker at The White House, the United Nations, and dozens of industry associations, universities, and Fortune 500 companies. He has also been named to Business Insider’s 40 Under 40 and Wired Magazine‘s 50 People Who Are Changing the World and was selected as one of the World Economic Forum’s original ten Global Shapers.

Through his work across the full spectrum of sustainability and education, technology and innovation, startups, and large enterprises, Braun has combined his passion for impact and people to build several industry-defining companies.

Braun graduated from Brown University and has been a frequent speaker, delivering inspiring messages to audiences worldwide. He avidly engages with his social media following of over 900,000 people and has received the nation’s most prestigious award for public service, the Jefferson Award.

His book "The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change" debuted at #2 on the New York Times Bestseller list and went on to become a #1 national bestseller.