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 the Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy designation from the American College of Financial Services, a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Central Florida, and a Master of Arts 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.