Full Name
Isabel Gonzalez Whitaker
Job Title
Associate Vice President
Company
Moms Clean Air Force
Speaker Bio
Isabel González Whitaker drives visibility for and advances the growth of Moms Clean Air Force, the largest parent-led climate advocacy organization in the United States, through omni-channel communications, public engagement, and media strategy. Previously she was the Chief Operating Officer of All in Together, a leading nonprofit dedicated to advancing women’s leadership through civic participation. Prior to that she was Principal Advisor, Executive Strategic Communications, for ALSAC, the $2B+ annual fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital headquartered in Memphis. Isabel was also the Deputy Editor of Billboard and a Features Editor at InStyle, and has written for Time, the New York Times, the Hollywood Reporter, the Washington Post, Harper’s Bazaar, and Elle.
Isabel was the Scholar in Residence at Rhodes College 2018-2019, is currently a CoGenerate senior fellow, and in 2023 gave a TedXAtlanta Talk on the power of civic engagement to improve community and sustain democracy. She is also the co-author of the cookbook Latin Chic: Entertaining With Style and Sass (HarperCollins) and executive producer of the documentary short “Women in Music: Inspiring a Generation” featuring former First Lady Michelle Obama. In 2019, she co-edited the anthology and contributed the essay “Finding La Reina in Queen Bey” to Queen Bey: A Celebration of the Power and Creativity of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter (St. Martin’s Press). In 2024, Isabel was named one of People En Espanol’s “Top 20 Most Powerful Latinos Fighting Climate Change.”
Isabel lives in Memphis, Tennessee with her family.
Isabel Gonzalez Whitaker