Emily Kirkpatrick is a transformational leader who has dedicated her career to public service and civic engagement, specifically the creation of human-centric efforts to advance literacy and asserting the expertise of women in leadership positions. The partnerships she has created and sustained span international philanthropists, national media, authors, creative communities, and large networks of educators. Her achievements have drawn commendations from Time magazine, CBS Sunday Morning, TODAY, and beyond.
She is active in the International Women’s Forum and the American Council of Learned Societies and has served on the public policy committee for the American Society for Association Executives, the Visioning Panel for the National Association of Educational Progress (NAEP), as a judge for the Stronger Democracy Challenge and The Trust in America’s Institutions Challenge, and as a board member of the Trust for Insuring Educators. She earned her MBA from Bellarmine University, her BA from Centre College, and a Certificate in Public Leadership from Harvard’s Kennedy School.