Chad Frischmann

About Chad Frischmann

Chad Frischmann is the Founder and CEO of Regenerative Intelligence (RegenIntel), a global ecosystem superpowered by leading system thinkers and doers creating a regenerative economy and society that places human and planetary well-being at the heart of our collective future. With over 20 years of experience in sustainability, climate change, and development, Chad is a systems strategist who designs and implements solutions that address the root causes of global challenges and generate cascading benefits for all life.Chad is also the creator, lead researcher, and architect of the Drawdown Solutions Framework, the engine behind the New York Times best-seller Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming (Penguin, 2017) and the Drawdown Review (2020). As the architect of Drawdown Solutions and co-author of the book, Chad led a global team of researchers to assess the world\'s most effective climate solutions and determine if, when, and how the world can reach \"drawdown,\" the point in time when the concentration of atmospheric greenhouse gases begins to decline on a year-to-year basis. Chad is a key spokesperson and coalition-builder dedicated to sharing the message and model of the Drawdown Framework to the world.

Experience

1. Founder & CEO

   Regenintel

   Apr 2022 — Present

   Regenerative Intelligence (RegenIntel) is a global ecosystem superpowered by leading system thinkers and doers creating a regenerative economy and society that places human and planetary well-being at the heart of our collective future. We recruit, train and equip this ecosystem of stars to be at the forefront of supporting this transition. We analyze the climate, social, financial, and ecological impacts of solutions at-scale and develop strategies that are aligned with nature and provide the widest possible range of cascading benefits to all life.

Education

• University of Oxford

  DPhil Candidate, Department of Modern History

  2004 — 2008

• University of Oxford

  M.St., History of Art

  2003 — 2004

• The George Washington University

  B.A., International Relations, History

  1998 — 2002

• University of California, Berkeley

  Master of Public Policy, International Policy / Climate Change / Development