Emma Kornfeld Knapp

Emma is the Director of Alliance Programming at America’s Promise Alliance.

Emma’s career has been dedicated to improving outcomes for youth - from collaborating alongside young people to advance their own policy priorities to designing student voice and civic engagement initiatives at scale in one of the largest public school districts in the country.

A Midwesterner at her core, Emma earned her BA in English Literature and Women and Gender Studies from Washington University in St. Louis, received her MSW from University of Michigan with a focus on community and social systems and built her career working in and with the vibrant neighborhoods that make up the city of Chicago.  Emma now lives in Des Moines, Iowa with her husband, daughter and son.