Carol Emig
BOARD PRESIDENT
Former President and CEO, Child Trends
Parent of CCW Alumna
Carol has spent her career at the intersection of public policies, programs, and research to advance the well-being of children and youth. She has worked in government and the nonprofit sector, most recently as President & CEO of Child Trends, the nation’s leading research center focused on children and youth.
Prior to that, she was Executive Director of the Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care; Deputy Director of the National Commission on Children; director of a state children’s advocacy organization; and, early in her career, research assistant to First Lady Rosalynn Carter.
In addition to serving as President of the Board of the Children’s Chorus of Washington, Carol chairs the Board of Directors of Raising a Reader, a national early literacy and family engagement program. In the past, Carol has served on the Boards of the Stoneleigh Foundation and Reach Out and Read, and as an advisor to the Board of Venture Philanthropy Partners.
Carol has an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and a master’s degree in public policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.