Rebecca Kaduru is the President of the Institute for Sustainable Communities—a 35-year-old nonprofit that supports communities in the US and abroad who are most impacted by climate change.

Prior to ISC, Rebecca spent more than 15 years working in international development, where she specialized in supporting vulnerable communities participate in global supply chains and the green economy. Rebecca has lived and worked across more than 16 countries including Uganda, South Sudan, and Egypt; she relocated to Nashville in 2019 and brings this global perspective to building climate resilience among historically underinvested communities in the United States.

Early in her career, Rebecca co-founded KadAfrica, a social enterprise in East Africa that supports out-of-school girls and young women to build sustainable agriculture value chains in rural communities. For this, she was awarded the Gene Roddenberry Prize for her work to solve the climate crisis through girls’ education in 2018.

Rebecca holds a B.S. in Political Science from Santa Clara University, a M.A. in Political Science from The American University in Cairo, and also serves on the board of the Nashville Gordon JCC. She lives in Sylvan Park with her husband and two daughters, where she appreciates nature through daily walks on the Richland Creek Greenway.