Bio

Travers joined Founders Pledge in 2023. Prior to this, he worked at one of the largest grantmaking institutions in the United States, where he served on a team responsible for processing more than $13 billion in grants globally through a donor-advised fund program. Earlier in his career, Travers held roles across the public sector, where he began to recognize the philanthropic sector’s potential to drive effective, large-scale change—an insight that continues to shape his work today.

Travers holds the Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy designation from the American College of Financial Services and the Impact Philanthropy Advisor designation from Daylight Advisors. He earned a BA from the University of Central Florida and an MA 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.

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

A National Geographic explorer.

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

A documentary narrated by Sir David Attenborough.