Billy Parrish, 26, is Founder of the Climate Campaign, and Co-Founder and Coordinator of the Energy Action Coalition. His focus has been on coalition-building within the youth movement, designing collaborative campaigns and leadership training. Recently named a "Fellow" by Ashoka, the global association of the world's leading social entrepreneurs, Parrish was Mother Jones magazine's 2006 "Student Activist of the Year," Rolling Stone's "Climate Hero" in 2005, and a 2004 Brower Youth Award Winner. Born in New York City, he now lives in Flagstaff, AZ with his wife and daughter. Parrish dropped out of Yale in 2002 in order to pursue environmental activism full time.