Emily Cherniack

Emily Cherniack is the Founder and Executive Director of New Politics and New Politics Leadership Academy. Emily has worked tirelessly to serve our country and support others who serve, from her AmeriCorps service at City Year, to being part of the founding team of Be the Change – where she led a coalition of over 200 organizations to engage 250,000 people for a Day of Action in support of the $6 billion Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act of 2009.

Emily’s path to politics started when her boss and City Year co-founder, Alan Khazei, decided to run for the US Senate in 2009. The experience was a first look at how our system for recruiting political talent is broken, with significant barriers that prevent transformational leaders from successfully running for office.

Emily founded New Politics in 2013 to lower the barrier to entry for outstanding leaders who have served in our military and national service programs and change the political talent pipeline in this country. Since its founding, New Politics has been a driving force in bringing a new generation of servant leaders into politics and helping shape our elected leadership from Congress to city halls across the country.

In 2018, Emily was named to the Politico 50 as one of 50 people in the country whose ideas are driving politics. Emily graduated from George Washington University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice and Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Education Policy. She lives in Chelsea with her husband, two sons, and pitbull.

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