Regional Director, North AmericaSocial Progress Imperative
Justin Edwards leads the development of the Social Progress Network throughout North America by fostering cross-sector partnerships among businesses, local governments, and civil society to build collaborative strategies to improve social outcomes in their communities. Justin has spent the past decade focused on US philanthropy and international development. He previously led communications at the World Wide Web Foundation, overseeing the inaugural launch of their flagship product, the Web Index. Prior to that, he led a small marketing and communications team at Exponent Philanthropy, a non-profit serving nearly 3,000 charitable foundations across the US, and consulted with the Johnson Center for Philanthropy’s Foundation Review at Grand Valley State University. Justin is based in Washington, DC.