Tammy Tibbetts (born
c. 1985), is co-founder and CEO of the non-profit organization
She's the First. She is the co-author of Impact: A Step-by-Step Plan to Create the World You Want to Live In (Public Affairs, 2020) with Christen Brandt.
Tibbetts co-founded the non-profit She's the First in 2009. She's the First fights gender inequality through education by supporting girls who are the first in their family to graduate high school and by training students everywhere to be global citizens.
She's the First has more than 225 chapters in high schools and colleges across the US and in 10 countries.
Recognition
Marie Claire considered Tibbetts one of the "20 Women Who Are Changing Your World" in 2014.[3]
Tibbetts was also one of Glamour's 20 Young Women Who Are Already Changing the World in 2011.[4]
References
^Conference Updates #NJLA17 Programming Spotlight: College and University Section,
New Jersey Library Association. Accessed May 3, 2021. "While we regret that we are unable to present SmallBizLady Melinda Emerson, we are very proud to host New Jersey’s own (and a former library employee) Tammy Tibbets, Founder and CEO of the education non-profit She’s the First.... Tammy is from South Brunswick, NJ and, get this, a former employee of the South Brunswick Public Library!"