Bio

Travers joined Founders Pledge as a Grants and Monitoring Officer in 2023. Prior to joining Founders Pledge, Travers worked at one of the largest grantmaking institutions in the United States, where he served on a team that processed more than $13 billion in grants globally through their donor-advised fund program. Prior to that, Travers served in various capacities within the public sector where he began to see the philanthropic sector’s potential to bring about effective change – a realization that motivates him to this day. Travers enjoys traveling, studying other cultures, spending time with his family, and playing with his cat, Theodore. Travers holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Central Florida and Master of Arts in Public Management from Johns Hopkins University.

Q&A with Travers

Q: If you could choose anyone famous (real or fictional) to have dinner with who would they be and why?

Bruce Springsteen! He is my all-time favorite musician and someone I've listed to my whole life. He's truly America's singing poet.

Q: As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

So many things! The President, a garbage truck driver, a football player, a military general, a survival instructor, and so much more.

Q: If a movie was made of your life what genre would it be, who would play you?

I'd like to think a comedy, but I'm probably giving myself too much credit and am not that funny. In reality, it would probably be a documentary and I would ideally have James Dean play me.