About Adam Braun
Written by: Team PoP October 12th, 2010Founder & Executive Director of Pencils of Promise, one of the world’s most impactful new nonprofits as recognized by Nobel peace prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Barbara Walters, Katie Couric, and active supporter Justin Bieber.
As a college student traveling across the globe, Adam asked a small boy begging on the streets of India what he wanted most in the world. The answer: A pencil. The promise that came in handing out that first pencil led to the sharing of thousands while backpacking through 50+ countries, learning from locals about the need for a nonprofit that built schools based on a model of community ownership and empowerment.
Pencils of Promise was founded in October 2008 with a mere $25 in hopes of building one school in Laos. Today, that dream has manifested into more than 40 schools in Laos, Nicaragua and Guatemala and over 1 million education hours delivered. In creating the largest social media following out of any nonprofit started in the last four years, PoP has become a leader in social media engagement, sustainable development, youth empowerment and digital innovation.
Adam graduated magna cum laude and played varsity basketball for Brown University, previously worked at leading consulting firm Bain & Company, and now spends half the year traveling on behalf of PoP and half the year at our global headquarters in New York City.
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