Emily Teitsworth

Emily Teitsworth is the Executive Director of the Honnold Foundation and a passionate advocate for equity and environmental justice. She has over two decades of experience growing and evolving organizations in the nonprofit and philanthropic fields and has worked in Central America, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and the U.S., with a focus on sustainability, gender and racial equity, public health, and community development.

Emily holds a Master’s Degree in Sustainable International Development from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, and graduated from Wesleyan University with a B.A. in Philosophy and Psychology. Prior to joining the Honnold Foundation, Emily was the Executive Director of GirlVentures, and a co-founder of Rise Up and Project Aruna.

Her writing has been featured widely, including in Stanford Social Innovation Review, the Guardian, and Inside Philanthropy.