Tammy Tibbetts is the president and founder of She’s the First, a media campaign that’s focused on promoting the importance of educating girls who would otherwise not have the opportunity to go to school and receive an eduction. The site, which launched in November 2009, has one dream: to give every girl and woman the courage and support to pursue a chosen dream that fulfills her personally and improves the world around her, even if she is the first to prove it can be done.
Tammy’s position is volunteer, and she devotes her early mornings, nights and weekends to growing She’s the First. To pay the bills and develop her skills, she also holds a day job as social media specialist of the NYC Social Sports Club. Previously Tammy was director of the MacDella Cooper Foundation, which supports the education of abandoned children and orphans in Liberia. She also was a Web editor at Hearst Digital Media where she launched the charitable DonateMyDress.org network, the Ultimate Prom Franchise and MisQuinceMag.com.