A businesswoman, environmental activist, and strategic philanthropist, Molly O. Ross is President of Swift Wings Foundation, whose mission is to spread the message of hope for a sustainable future. The foundation funds, creates, and develops initiatives working toward sustainability and a more just society in furtherance of democracy and equal justice. She also serves as President of her family’s companies, Deltex Royalty Company, Inc. and LMA Royalties, Ltd.
A lifelong Republican, Ms. Ross works in the center of politics, where the greatest freedom lies and where democracy best expresses itself. Accordingly, she is a national advisor to RepublicEN, which was co- founded by former South Carolina Republican Congressman, Bob Inglis, and works with the EcoRight, a group of Center Right organizations promoting a conservative approach to Climate Change. She is also a national advisor to American Farmland Trust and is involved in regenerative agriculture initiatives across the country.
Committed to confronting the challenge of climate change, Ms. Ross serves as Board Vice Chair of Rachel’s Network, a nonprofit organization of women working through environmental advocacy, philanthropy and leadership to forge solutions. In this role, she met Rev. Richard Cizik when he was with the National Association of Evangelicals, and Rachel’s Network partnered with Rev. Cizik to promote Creation Care, the Evangelical response to Climate Change.
In terms of a global response to climate change, Ms. Ross serves on the Board of earthday.org, the governing organization of global Earth Day events and initiatives, where in 2017 she co-founded the India’s Healthy Energy Future Campaign with the organization’s President, Kathleen Rogers, and the Regional Director of Asia, Karuna Singh. Additionally, she is a Board member and Executive Producer of Idanha Films, Inc, which in 2012 produced a documentary called “Arise” that tells the stories of women around the world who are actively working to heal the planet. Translated into French and Spanish, the film was screened at the COP 21 United Nations Climate Change Summit in Paris, France in late 2015.