Emily Napalo works with the NoVo Foundation.
With a background in women’s and workers’ rights, Emily is the project manager for Move to End Violence, a project of the NoVo Foundation. Move to End Violence is a 10-year capacity building initiative designed to support the movement to end violence against women and girls. She has also had the chance to contribute to communications, lobbying and strategic planning projects for other women’s issues-focused clients, including the Center for Reproductive Rights, the Breast Cancer Fund, and Women of Color United for Health Reform. A recipient of the National Council for Research on Women’s fellowship for the next generation of women non-profit leaders, Emily aspires to use her career to advance social justice advocacy goals.
Before joining The Raben Group, Emily served as a senior associate for Planned Parenthood Federation of America's Public Policy Division. In that capacity, she provided assistance to the director of government relations, tracked key legislative activity related to the Federation's policy priorities, and managed departmental communications with congressional offices, Planned Parenthood affiliates, and coalition partners. Prior to her time with Planned Parenthood, Emily worked at the Feminist Majority Foundation as the assistant to the executive.
A magna cum laude graduate of Georgetown University, Emily holds a Bachelor of Arts in women's studies, with a minor in French. While at Georgetown, she interned for EMILY's List, the National Organization for Women, and Women for Women International. During a semester abroad in Senegal, she volunteered at Tostan, an organization committed to women's community empowerment. Her Georgetown experience was also defined by her commitment to the Georgetown Solidarity Committee, a campus-based workers' rights organization. She continues to be involved in her campus community as a mentor to a recipient of the Women Advancing Gender Equity (WAGE) fellowship.
