Van Jones

Van Jones is founding president of Rebuild the Dream, a pioneering initiative to restore good jobs and economic opportunity. He is also the cofounder of three thriving organizations: the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Color of Change, and Green For All. A Yale-educated attorney, Jones worked as the green jobs advisor to the Obama White House in 2009 and is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Green Collar Economy . He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two...See more

Van Jones is founding president of Rebuild the Dream, a pioneering initiative to restore good jobs and economic opportunity. He is also the cofounder of three thriving organizations: the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Color of Change, and Green For All. A Yale-educated attorney, Jones worked as the green jobs advisor to the Obama White House in 2009 and is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Green Collar Economy . He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children. See less