Will Byrne

Will Byrne is an activist and entrepreneur. Will was named one of Forbes’s 30 Under 30,[1] and his writing has appeared in Forbes and Fast Company.[2][3]

Will Byrne
OccupationActivist, entrepreneur, CEO

Career

Early career

Prior to founding Groundswell, Will worked in journalism at Der Spiegel as well as the American Academy in Berlin, Germany, before joining Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential campaign.[4]

Obama for America

During his work on President Obama's 2008 Campaign, Will utilized online and offline community organizing tactics. While doing this work, Byrne and his co-founders saw the impact of community organizing in the political sphere.[5][6] Rather than joining the administration after Obama was elected, Will went on to develop these tactics as a social entrepreneur.[7]

Groundswell

In 2009, Will, Max Harper, Marcus Ryan, John Lauer, Kristen Psaki, and Tony Ficarotta co-founded Groundswell after working on President Obama’s 2008 campaign. Groundswell is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. that uses collective buying power to drive positive social change, especially in the clean energy sector.[8]

Stanford Design School

In 2015 Will joined the Stanford Design School as a Civic Innovation Fellow.[9]

Honors and awards
  • Forbes 30 Under 30 Selection; Social Entrepreneurs, Forbes Magazine (December 2012) [1]
  • Global Fellow, Ashoka Innovators for the Public, December 2011 [10]
  • Global Shaper, World Economic Forum, 2011
  • Champions of Change, White House Executive Office of the President, 2011 [4][11]
  • Young Atlanticist Network, Atlantic Council, January 2014
  • Cordes Social Entrepreneurship Fellow (Global), 2010
  • Lisa B. Hall Fellow, Concord Academy, 2013 [12]

See also

References
  1. "Forbes 30 Under 30" Forbes, Retrieved on 17 December 2012
  2. "4 Innovators Using Civic Consumption to Change the World" Forbes, Retrieved on 23 December 2013
  3. "Purchasing Power is Social Impact Power" Fast Company, Retrieved on 22 June 2012
  4. "Champions of Change: William Byrne" Whitehouse.gov
  5. "Power in Numbers: Crowd Purchasing Brings Clean Energy Within Reach" Grist, Retrieved on 16 May 2012
  6. "The Evolution of a Green Organization" BlogTalkRadio, Retrieved on 21 March 2012
  7. "Who’s Next: Will Byrne" Washington Life, Retrieved on 19 May 2011
  8. "The Evolution of Cool in DC. Will Byrne: Socially Conscious CEO" Capitol File magazine, Retrieved on 1 June 2014
  9. "Will Byrne". The Whiteboard. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  10. "Will Byrne | Ashoka | Everyone a Changemaker". www.ashoka.org.
  11. "Champions of Change: Harnessing the Power of Community and Clean Energy" White House Blog, Retrieved 13 April 2011
  12. "Hall Fellowship".

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