Tammy Tibbetts is a feminist, philanthropist, and nonprofit executive whose entire career has uplifted girls. She is Co-Founder/Co-CEO of She’s the First and author of Impact: A Step-by-Step Plan to Create the World You Want to Live In. Poet Amanda Gorman calls Impact “your guide for how to make change in a world that desperately needs it.” Tammy is a sought-after speaker who models a more collaborative, accessible, and values-based approach to philanthropy.

She’s the First (STF) is a global nonprofit, registered in the U.S. and Kenya, that fights for girls to be educated, respected, and heard. Over the past 15 years, STF has impacted over half a million girls through leadership/advocacy programs and investment in women-led grassroots organizations.

Tammy’s passion for building girls' power traces back to being voted “Most Shy” in her high school yearbook. She became a first-generation graduate, and later a Trustee, of The College of New Jersey. Prior to her nonprofit career, she was the first-ever social media editor of Seventeen magazine and led innovative girl-centered projects for Hearst Digital Media.

Tammy is also a DVF (Diane von Furstenberg) People's Voice Award winner, a three-time TEDx speaker, and an International Women's Forum Fellow. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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AWARDS

• 2013 Diane Von Furstenberg's People's Voice Award

• Women's eNews 21 Leaders for the 21st Century Award

• New York Women in Communications’ WiCi Award

• The College of New Jersey's first-ever Young Alumni Award

• Association of Fundraising Professionals' Outstanding Philanthropic Organization Award

PRESS

• The Drew Barrymore Show

• Pix11 Changemakers segment with Tamsen Fadal

• M.M.LaFleur’s Woman of the Week

• Argent Peer Recognition

• TODAY Show with Jenna Bush

• TIME.com's 30 Under 30: World Changers

• Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business 1000 & League of Extraordinary Women

• Marie Claire's 20 Women Changing the World

BRAND CAMPAIGNS

• Love by GapBody

• Marc Fisher's #MAKEYOURMARC with Karlie Kloss

• No nonsense's #IamNononsense

• Carrie Hammer's "Role Models Not Runway Models" New York Fashion Week Show

ADVISORY ROLES

• Barbie Global Advisory Council

• Aerie Changemakers Program

• The Medici Group

BOOK MENTIONS

• Melanne Verveer & Kim Azarelli's Fast Forward: How Women Can Achieve Power & Purpose

• Amy Shoenthal’s The Setback Cycle

• Jane Finette’s Unlocked: How Empowered Women Empower Women

• Lindsey Pollak's Becoming the Boss & Getting From College to Career

• Ann Shoket's The Big Life

• Hannah Brencher's If You Find This Letter

• Claudia Chan’s This is How We Rise