Jacquelyn Francis is the Founding Executive Director of the Global Warming Mitigation Project, an international nonprofit on a mission to decarbonize the planet by providing the world's best climate entrepreneurs with the resources they need to scale their solutions. Jacquelyn founded the nonprofit and its flagship program, the Keeling Curve Prize, in 2017.

Jacquelyn is committed to investing her skills, expertise, and resources to help transition humanity to a future beyond the fossil fuel economy. She is a Future Forum Strategic Partner for TED Countdown, a nominator for several climate and nature prizes including the Earthshot Prize, an alumni observer for The Climate Investment Funds run by WorldBack, and an Observer for the annual UN Conference of the Parties (COP).

In her spare time, Jacquelyn volunteers as Chairperson of the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport Board, writes a monthly climate column for the Aspen Daily News and serves on their editorial board, contributes to the Climate Desk for Aspen Public Radio and serves on the communications committee for The Community Office for Resource Efficiency - all to educate her community about global warming. Prior to founding GWMP, she spent four years as the Executive Director of the Aspen Science Center and worked closely with the Aspen Center for Physics.