Emma Cronin

Emma Cronin is the Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives, and her role focuses on executing new projects and activities for the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth. Before joining UChicago, Emma spent nine years working in the federal government and nonprofit sectors in Washington DC. She previously worked in the environment portfolio at the Pew Charitable Trusts, and prior to that, she spent several years on the energy and climate team at the United Nations Foundation. Emma began her career working in the Presidential Personnel Office at the White House, where she was responsible for the hiring and strategic placement of political appointees at federal agencies in the Obama Administration. She holds a B.A. in Political Science and Spanish from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.