Adam Gardner (he/him)
Co-Founder/Co-Director, REVERB & Guitar/Vocals, GUSTER

As a frontman of the band Guster and Co-Founder of the environmental nonprofit, REVERB, Adam Gardner has long recognized the power of music to affect positive change.

Since REVERB’s founding in 2004, Adam has been rallying and empowering his fellow musicians (Billie Eilish, Dave Matthews Band, The Lumineers, P!NK, The 1975, Odesza, Jack Johnson, Harry Styles, Fleetwood Mac, Dead & Company and more) to use their platforms to create real, measurable change for people and the planet. Through REVERB’s comprehensive tour sustainability programs and fan engagement Action Villages on over 350 tours, REVERB has prevented the use of 4+ million single-use plastic water bottles at concerts, raised over $11 million dollars for environmental causes, supported more than 2,000 family farmers and 5,000 nonprofits, funded over 120 global carbon-fighting projects, and much more.

Adam has been an outspoken environmental activist testifying to Congress on two separate occasions in support of important environmental legislation. He also helped lead groups of musicians to the rainforests of Guatemala and Peru to get a firsthand look at the effects of illegal logging on local and indigenous communities. Adam and REVERB were named Official Music and Public Engagement Partner to the United Nations Environment Programme and was recently recognized by TIME Magazine as a TIME100 Climate leader.