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 is an Applied Anthropologist. In 1997, after completing her anthropological research in Sumbawa, Indonesia, Eliza founded Global Education Fund (GEF), a non-profit organization helping to improve the lives of marginalized youth through education. As the Executive Director of GEF Eliza worked in more than twenty countries in East Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, conducting needs assessments, implementing programs, and monitoring, evaluating, and learning. In 2018, to accelerate the global movement in support of girls' education, Eliza helped to facilitate the merger of Global Education Fund and Girl Rising. Today, Eliza is an active Board Member of Girl Rising, which aims to build agency in girls and to change social norms so that communities stand up for girls. 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 a graduate of the Greater Good Society MMTCP at UC, Berkeley. 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, on the Action Coalition - Feminist Movements and Leadership at UN Women, and an Advisor at Our Secure Future which aims to strengthen the Women, Peace and Security movement to enable effective policy decision-making. A determined advocate of women’s rights internationally and the author of “My Friend Isabelle”, Eliza has received numerous awards for her work.