Biography:Jonah Wittkamper

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Jonah Wittkamper is a biologist,[1] technologist, startup founder[2] and social entrepreneur. He is the Co-Founder and President of the NEXUS, a movement to help wealthy families engage in charity and impact investing.[3] In 2020, he founded the Amazon Investor Coalition to advance forest friendly economic development and the rule of law.[4][5][6] In addition, in 2017, he created the Healthy Democracy Coalition, a network of philanthropists dedicated to bridging political divides.

Wittkamper works to unite young social and philanthropic leaders to influence the public sector, including the United Nations,[7][8][9][10] the White House[11][12] and the United States Congress.[13][14][15] Earlier in his career, he co-founded the Global Youth Action Network, a global association of youth organizations that merged with TakingITGlobal and grew to become one of the largest communities of young social change leaders on the internet.[16] In 2007, he joined Distributive Networks and helped to build the text messaging technology of the 2008 Obama campaign[17] and in 2015 he served as an advisor to the Council on Foundations' Evolution of Philanthropy Initiative.[18] He has worked as the United States Director of Search for Common Ground[19] and is the founder and owner of EZinTouch.com, a contact management platform. He is an alumnus of Williams College, Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn) and Camp Rising Sun.

Prior to NEXUS

Before co-founding NEXUS, Wittkamper served in various roles that focused on impacting and inspiring youth leaders across the world. Beginning in 2000, Wittkamper co-founded the Global Youth Action Network (GYAN).[20] Through the help of Wittkamper, GYAN reinforced the participation of youth in global decision-making. Wittkamper served as the Chief Technology Officer and opened the South American Regional Office, which he ran until 2006.[21] Soon, GYAN merged with TakingITGlobal, as mentioned previously. TakingITGlobal quickly became the largest Internet site dedicated to the empowerment of young leaders, receiving almost 2 million hits every day.

Family

Jonah Wittkamper is a grandson of Will Wittkamper, a former steward of Koinonia Farm, the inter-racial Christian intentional community in Americus, Georgia, that inspired the creation of Habitat for Humanity.[22] The Wittkamper family is profiled in the book Class of 65.[23] Wittkamper is also a grand-nephew of George S. Vest, former Director General of the US Foreign Service.

References

  1. ↑ "Root herbivory: in vitro Interactions between roots and aphids grown in aseptic coculture". In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227020704. Retrieved 10 December 2014. 
  2. ↑ "Helping to Launch Those who Launch Companies". Newsday. http://www.newsday.com/business/technology/helping-to-launch-those-who-launch-companies-1.292040. Retrieved 12 December 2014. 
  3. ↑ "Millennial Investors Unite". Private Wealth Magazine. http://www.fa-mag.com/news/millennial-investors-unite-16510.html. Retrieved 29 July 2014. 
  4. ↑ "Saving the Amazon One Investment Strategy at a Time". Initiative 20x20. https://initiative20x20.org/news/saving-amazon-one-investment-strategy-time. Retrieved 1 September 2021. 
  5. ↑ "Amazon Investor Coalition is investing in forest-friendly economic development across Latin America". LatamList. 8 March 2021. https://latamlist.com/amazon-investor-coalition-is-investing-in-forest-friendly-economic-development-across-latin-america/. Retrieved 1 September 2021. 
  6. ↑ "Investing in Amazon Rainforest Conservation". Mongabay. 21 April 2020. https://news.mongabay.com/2020/04/investing-in-amazon-rainforest-conservation/. Retrieved 1 September 2021. 
  7. ↑ "UN Galvanizes Philanthropy". Vanity Fair. 12 August 2011. http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/08/it_s-catching--the-un-galvanizes-philanthropy-among-the-super-ri. Retrieved 29 July 2014. 
  8. ↑ "Millennials Transform Charitable Giving Into Philanthropic Action". The Huffington Post. 24 July 2015. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pippa-biddle/nexus-minds-and-money-mee_b_7865254.html. Retrieved 12 December 2016. 
  9. ↑ "Young Philanthropists And Social Entrepreneurs From 70 Countries Mobilize At The U.N. To Solve Global Challenges". Forbes.com. https://www.forbes.com/sites/evankirkpatrick/2013/07/31/young-philanthropists-and-social-entrepreneurs-from-70-countries-mobilize-at-the-united-nations-in-nyc-to-solve-global-challenges/#74e2adec3633. Retrieved 12 December 2016. 
  10. ↑ "Nexus: Minds and Money Meet, Pushing the World Forward". The Huffington Post. 24 July 2015. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pippa-biddle/nexus-minds-and-money-mee_b_7865254.html. Retrieved 12 December 2016. 
  11. ↑ Johnson, Jamie (18 April 2014). "Including the young and rich - White House hosts 'Next Generation'". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/20/fashion/white-house-hosts-next-generation-young-and-rich.html. Retrieved 29 July 2014. 
  12. ↑ "At Nexus, a Peek Into the Minds of Young, Wealthy Donors". Chronicle of Philanthropy. https://www.philanthropy.com/article/At-Nexus-a-Peek-Into-the/235007. Retrieved 12 December 2014. 
  13. ↑ Killian, Linda (10 December 2014). "Engaging Disaffected Millennials". Wall Street Journal. https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/12/10/engaging-disaffected-millennials/. Retrieved 12 December 2014. 
  14. ↑ Killian, Linda (26 December 2014). "When Will We See A Millennial Congress?". The Daily Beast. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/26/when-will-we-see-a-millennial-congress.html. Retrieved 12 December 2016. 
  15. ↑ "Millennials Bring a Bipartisan Message to Congress". Non-Profit Quarterly. 4 December 2014. https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2014/12/04/millennials-bring-bipartisan-message-to-congress/. Retrieved 12 December 2016. 
  16. ↑ Tapscott, Don and Williams, Anothy D. (2006). Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, p. 50. Penguin Books Ltd., London. ISBN:1-59184-138-0.
  17. ↑ "Startups get a lift from election '08". Fortune. http://archive.fortune.com/2008/10/27/technology/Political_tech.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2008102907. Retrieved 29 July 2014. 
  18. ↑ "Evolution of American Philanthropy". Council on Foundations. https://www.cof.org/evolution-american-philanthropy. Retrieved 5 May 2020. 
  19. ↑ "Nexus Summit Inspires Next Generation of Billionaires to Give Back". Forbes.com. https://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2011/07/29/nexus-summit-inspires-next-generation-of-billionaires-to-give-back/. 
  20. ↑ "Team" (in en-US). https://nexusglobal.org/about/team/. 
  21. ↑ "Team" (in en-US). https://nexusglobal.org/about/team/. 
  22. ↑ "Growing Up at Koinonia". Christianitytoday.com (Christianity Today). http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/marchweb-only/32.0a.html. 
  23. ↑ "How a white student stood by his black classmates during the Civil Rights era". Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/recalling-bravery--and-ugliness--at-an-integrated-1960s-high-school/2015/03/27/e2b8fad6-cf19-11e4-8c54-ffb5ba6f2f69_story.html. 



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