Vien Truong
Vien Truongis a solutions innovator and movement builder who has been a key architect in building an equitable and inclusive green economy. She is President of Dream Corps, a nonprofit organization working to close prison doors and open doors of opportunity. The Dream Corps includes Green For All, a national initiative working to build an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty, #cut50, a national bipartisan effort to reduce the number of people in our prisons and jails while making our communities safer, and #YesWeCode, an initiative supported and funded by Prince helping 100,000 young women and men from underrepresented backgrounds find success in the tech sector.
She has developed numerous energy, environmental, and economic policies and programs at the state, federal and local levels, and has advised on billions of dollars in public investments for energy and community development programs. Vien co-led the coalition to pass and implement California's landmark Senate Bill 535 (de Leon), a law that created the biggest fund in history for the poorest and most polluted communities. To date, it has reinvested over $800 million in disadvantaged communities most harmed by fossil fuel pollution. She also co-led Charge Ahead California, which will place one million electric vehicles in California in 10 years, ensuring that low income communities most impacted by pollution will benefit from zero tailpipe emissions.
In 2015, Vien became the director of Dream Corps’ Green For All, an environmental action group that works to build an inclusive green economy that is strong enough to lift people out of poverty. Vien was appointed as CEO of Dream Corps in 2017, and President in 2019.
In 2016, Vien received the White House Champion of Change award for her work on climate equity. Vien has also received numerous congressional, state, regional and local awards for her work advocating on behalf of those most vulnerable to climate change. She was featured in the SF Chronicle as one of San Francisco’s Top Women Leaders, received California League of Conservation Voters Environmental Leadership Award; and Transform's "Leadership, Innovation, Vision, Equity" award. She was listed on the YBCA 100, which highlights the creative minds shaping the future of culture, and was also recognized as a "Power Shifter" on the Grist 50 in 2016.
