Jonathan Klein
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Jonathan Klein

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Jonathan Klein is CEO and co-founder of UndauntedK12, which supports America’s public schools in making an equitable transition to zero carbon emissions while preparing our youth to build a sustainable future in a rapidly changing climate. His work at UndauntedK12 has been recognized with a fellowship from the Emerson Collective and the McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund. Jonathan has published articles for the Los Angeles Times, the Hechinger Report, The Hill, The 74, and the Chronicle of Philanthropy, and his work with UndauntedK12 has been featured in national media, including the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, NPR, Education Week, the Christian Science Monitor, and Wired. Jonathan has experience teaching, developing new schools, and working within large urban school districts, and he has led campaigns to change policy, elect equity-focused leaders, and generate hundreds of millions of dollars in new resources for children and public schools throughout the country. He is also a cofounder of GO Public Schools, Revolution Foods, and the Oakland Public Education Fund. He was chief program officer at the Rogers Family Foundation; special assistant to state administrators in Oakland Unified School District; Bay Area executive director of Teach for America; and an elementary school teacher in Compton, California. Jonathan received a BA in history from Yale University and an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley, where he also served on the faculty lecturing on nonprofit leadership and management. He is a credentialed California teacher and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Jonathan lives with his wife and two children in Oakland, California, where he coaches Little League baseball. He was radicalized around the climate crisis while chaperoning middle schoolers at one of the youth-led climate strikes in 2019.
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