Kristen Wolf
Co-Founder

Kristen Wolf is an author, filmmaker, and producer. When she inherited the 1935 Lockheed Electra 10E, Wolf was approached by several media and aviation organizations. All wanted to use the plane to re-create Amelia Earhart’s last flight for the purposes of scientific study and furthering the search for Earhart’s crash site. But Wolf had other ideas. She decided that instead of using the plane for a re-creation, she would mobilize it for the purposes of inspiration – to honor and uplift women and girls around the world – via an endowment established by the sale of the aircraft.

To see more of her work, visit: www.kristenwolf.com

Eliza Woloson
Co-Founder & Managing Director

Eliza Woloson, Anthropologist, Entrepreneur. In 1998, after her anthropological research in Sumbawa, Eliza founded Global Education Fund, a nonprofit that invests in transformative local solutions to education in emerging markets. In 2018, Global Education Fund joined with Girl Rising to launch a venture philanthropy fund to invest in social entrepreneurs with culturally-relevant ideas to promote gender equality and improve education quality. In addition to managing the nomination process for Women Have Wings, Eliza consults international NGOs on program evaluation, monitoring and learning.

Eliza was a Cornell FLAS scholar, a Harvard World Teach in China recipient, a Fellow at the Aspen Institute, a graduate of INTRAC Monitoring and Evaluation for International Aid at Oxford and the Chair of Beyond our Borders. Eliza is an active member of the UN Committee of the International Women’s Forum, a Delegate for the UN Commission on the Status of Women, a Strategic Advisor at Collective Impact Partners and an Advisor at Our Secure Future which aims to strengthen the Women, Peace and Security movement to enable effective policy decision-making. She is a Global Ambassador for the University of Colorado, Boulder and a mentor for MergeLane, an accelerator for female-led high-potential start-ups. A determined advocate of women’s rights internationally and the author of of “My Friend Isabelle”, Eliza has received numerous awards for her work. She lives on a farm in Boulder, Colorado with her husband, two daughters and forty-one chickens.