Kirk Friedrich is a social entrepreneur and non-profit executive who previously served as a co-founder and Executive Director of the award winning global adolescent health NGO, Grassroot Soccer. Kirk helped to lead Grassroot Soccer over a 16-year period from startup to scale, providing comprehensive health education for more than 2 million young people in 50 countries. Kirk has been a vanguard in the field of sport-based positive youth development, and is passionate about helping organizations develop their technical and operational skills to improve the lives of young people worldwide. Kirk serves on the Board of Directors of Youth Impact in Botswana and is Founder and Executive Director of Safe Roots Foundation.

For a closer look at Kirk’s path to NMNW, read about his journey here.