Justin Rockefeller
Justin Aldrich Rockefeller (born July 12, 1979 in West Virginia) [1] is a venture capitalist and political activist.
Rockefeller is the youngest son of West Virginia's prominent United States Senator Jay Rockefeller and his wife, Sharon Percy Rockefeller, and is a fifth generation member of the Rockefeller family. He is the grandson of former U.S. Senator Charles H. Percy. He attended Princeton University, from which he graduated in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in Politics.
At age 25, Rockefeller co-founded the nonprofit nonpartisan organization, GenerationEngage, which used grassroots activism and technology to facilitate the ease with which politicians and community college students engage with one another. In January 2010, GenerationEngage merged with a similar nonprofit, Mobilize.org. [2] In 2009 he joined as a Principal with Richmond Management,[3] a global venture capital firm. He serves on the Board of Trustees of Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Richmond Sustainability Foundation and Mobilize.org.[4] Rockefeller was a 2008 honoree of the Edwin P. Hubble Medal of Initiative, the city of Marshfield, Missouri's highest honor. He has also received a 2009 Ashoka “Entrepreneur for the Good and Close Co-Venturer” award, the 2009 TEAK Fellowship [5] Volunteer of the Year Award, a 2008 New Leaders Council [6] Forty Under 40 Emerging Leaders Award, and the 2007 Common Cause Andrew Heiskell Youth Democracy in Action Award.
Rockefeller is married and lives in Palo Alto, California.
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- ^ "Visions and Revisions Page 3 Worth". Worth. 2006-09-01. http://www.worth.com/Editorial/Thought-Leaders/Profiles/Visions-Revisions-Democratic-Zeal-3.asp. Retrieved 2008-08-08.)
- ^ Mobilize.org and Generation Engage: A Match Made by Millennials
- ^ Richmond Management
- ^ Mobilize.org
- ^ TEAK Fellowship
- ^ New Leaders Council
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