Friend, I'm beyond honored and excited to share the news with you today that Evergreen will continue its great work under the brilliant guidance of a new executive director, our current chief of staff, and my friend, Lena Moffitt.

You will hear directly from Lena tomorrow, but I wanted you to be among the first to learn about this transition from me.

First, I want to say that I could not be more proud of Evergreen and all that we have accomplished together in the last three years.

In 2020, we set out to prioritize the climate crisis in the Presidential election—and not only did we do that, but we went on to influence President Biden to adopt significant pieces of our Evergreen Climate Action Plan in what became the strongest climate platform of any administration. We then went on to successfully work with champions in Congress to pass the biggest investment in climate action in U.S. history. As part of a growing and powerful movement, you and the Evergreen team have been essential to this historic progress. And we're just getting started. Throughout all of this, Evergreen has continued to grow as an organization and to find new and creative ways to make a big impact.

It has been one of the greatest honors of my life to lead this team of people whom I deeply admire, and to help build this amazing community of followers and supporters.

Unfortunately, you are not getting rid of me. While I'm stepping out of day-to-day management of the organization, I will continue to serve Evergreen as a co-founder and senior advisor (alongside my friend and co-founder Sam Ricketts), helping fundraise, guiding our communications and digital work, and thinking about how we win on climate in 2024 and beyond.

When I co-founded Evergreen three years ago, I could only dream we would someday see our hard work succeed in all the ways it has. I know Evergreen's next stage of growth will have an executive director who will thoughtfully shepherd and help build coalitions across the climate movement—a leader, in other words, like Lena Moffitt. And I can't wait to see what we accomplish next.

Sincerely,

Jamal Raad
Co-founder and Senior Advisor, Evergreen