Julie Horowitz
Built and ran prize and open-call programs at the Ford Foundation and Carnegie Corporation of New York, including the $50M Ford Global Fellowship.
Our team
Our team comes from the worlds of leadership in public education, public health, prize design, and policy.
Clean Air Capitals is housed at the Inspired Air Fund at Renaissance Philanthropy.
David Carel
Co-founded Panorama Education, now used by nearly a quarter of US K-12 schools, and founded the Inspired Air Fund to make clean indoor air permanent public health infrastructure in schools.
Katherine Pippert
Has built large-scale selection and human capital initiatives across the New York City school system and through the Ford Global Fellowship.
Johanna Partin
Founded and led the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance, ran C40's North America region, and advised two San Francisco mayors on citywide policy.
LaVerne Srinivasan
Directed Carnegie Corporation of New York's education grantmaking; previously Deputy Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education and president of New Leaders.
Georgia Lagoudas
Shaped federal clean indoor air policy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and launched the Global Pledge for Healthy Indoor Air.
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The first step is a conversation about your priorities, what is already in place, and whether the fit is right. Or get updates as the program takes shape.