Wendy Kopp

Wendy KoppWendy Kopp is the founder and CEO of Teach for America, a nonprofit organization that recruits the nation's most promising college graduates to teach in America's most distressed urban and rural communities. Kopp's long-term goal—to build a force of civic leaders with the insight and credibility to make fundamental changes in all sectors—exists to provide every child with an equal chance in life. This leadership vision was recognized by U.S. News & World Report when Kopp was named one of "America's Best Leaders."

“The educational problems our world faces have to be this generation's issue. We know we can solve them if we get enough true leaders.”
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Fortune Magazine Article
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Reader's Digest Article

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