2011 The Root 100

Phaedra Ellis Lamkins is CEO of Green for All, chair of the U.S. Department of Labor's Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship and chair and co-founder of the Partnership for Working Families.

Influence: 67.7
Reach: 9.7
Substance: 7.0
Media Mentions: 64
Internet Mentions: 49,500
Twitter Followers: 1,464

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Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
Green for All CEO who received the New Leaders Council's 40 Under 40 Leadership Award.
Job: CEO, Green for All
Sector: Business
Twitter: @phaedrael
Location: Oakland, Calif.
Age: 35
Bio:
Groundbreaking eco-diva Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins brings the green movement to the street by enlisting rappers Wiz Khalifa and Drake to convince Congress to include key job provisions in the 2010 climate-and-energy bill. As the labor advocate sees it, going "green" means putting "green" in working folks' wallets with clean energy jobs: "The future is a luxury. Getting people to care about what happens to the planet when they are worried about dinner tonight is one of the greatest challenges we face."
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