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Kevin F. Adler is the Founder and CEO of Miracle Messages, an award-winning nonprofit organization that helps people experiencing homelessness rebuild their social and financial support systems, primarily through family reunification services, a phone buddy program, and direct cash transfers, including the United States' first basic income pilot for people experiencing homelessness. To-date, Miracle Messages has reunited over 500 families, paired 150 phone buddies, and distributed $50K.
Prior to Miracle Messages, Kevin co-founded three education technology startups: https://www.linkedin.com/redir/general-malware-page?url=alumn%2eus (acquired), Entangled Group (acquired), and BetterGrads (nonprofit free mentoring service). Kevin is the author of Natural Disasters as a Catalyst for Social Capital: A Study of the 500-Year Flood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Rowman & Littlefield 2015). Kevin is a graduate of the University of Cambridge and Occidental College, where he was the 2018 Young Alumnus of the Year and where President Obama's favorite professor said, "in 40 years of teaching, Kevin is the single best student I’ve ever had."
For his work as a social entrepreneur and advocate, Kevin has been honored as a Presidential Leadership Scholar, TED Resident, MassChallenge winner, Rotary scholar, Ashoka & American Express emerging innovator, South by Southwest (SXSW) Community Service Award winner, and Singularity University Global Solutions Program 2015 participant. In 2021, Kevin served as the "Social Entrepreneur in Residence" at the Stanford GSB course on Strategic Leadership of Nonprofits and Social Ventures.
Kevin has given talks at TED, the US Census Bureau, HUD, and HHS, The Commonwealth Club, SXSW, Google, Berkeley, and Stanford. Kevin’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, NPR, BBC, on a billboard in Times Square, in an essay by President Bush, and many more.
Kevin was born and raised in Livermore, California, and lives just outside San Francisco.