Julie Horowitz
Built and ran prize and open-call programs at the Ford Foundation and Carnegie Corporation of New York, including the $50m Ford Global Fellowship.
Our team
Our team comes from the worlds of leadership in public education, public health, prize design, and policy.
Clean Air Capitals is housed at the Inspired Air Fund at Renaissance Philanthropy.
David Carel
Co-founded Panorama Education, now used by nearly a quarter of US K-12 schools, and founded the Inspired Air Fund to make clean indoor air permanent public health infrastructure in schools.
Katherine Pippert
Has built large-scale selection processes, prizes and challenges for school districts, education departments, and large foundations.
Johanna Partin
Founded and led the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance, ran C40's North America region, and advised two San Francisco mayors on citywide policy.
LaVerne Srinivasan
Directed Carnegie Corporation of New York's education grantmaking; previously Deputy Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education and president of New Leaders.
Georgia Lagoudas
Shaped federal clean indoor air policy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and launched the Global Pledge for Healthy Indoor Air.
Follow the launch
We will announce the challenge in late 2026. Join the list for the open call, the model RFP, and guidance as it publishes.