Today, Murmuration’s Founder and CEO, Emma Bloomberg, is honored as one of USA TODAY’s Women of the Year. This recognition spotlights women across the country who have made a significant impact in their communities and beyond. These leaders, activists, and innovators are breaking barriers, pushing for change, and moving America forward.
Emma said, “While I am honored to accept this award, my recognition cannot be separated from Murmuration’s incredible staff or from our network of community organizers across the country, many of them women, who help us realize that change is within our reach. I define my own leadership by putting my focus and strengths to work, helping others lead and drive impact. Nothing that I’ve accomplished in my career to date would have been possible without deep support from so many mentors and colleagues, but most of all without the tireless efforts of Murmuration’s partners across the country who are rallying their neighbors when and where it matters most. I’m honored to be working alongside them in partnership as they demand better for their communities every single day.”
Hear from Emma directly about her vision for an America where every person can lead a healthy, free, and dignified life and why providing data and tools to community organizations is so critical.
About Emma Bloomberg
Emma Bloomberg is the founder and CEO of Murmuration, a non-profit that organizes a network of partners and equips them with the insights, tools, and services to help communities build and activate the power to transform America.
Emma has been working with communities and leaders for over 20 years to tackle some of our country’s most pressing challenges and believes deeply in community-driven change. From working in the New York City mayor’s office to fighting poverty in New York, Emma has worked with communities across the country to marshal the support needed for America to live up to its founding ideals. She founded Murmuration with the fundamental belief that the collective power of community-driven civic engagement can affect sustainable systems change.
Emma is a board member of Bloomberg Philanthropies, KIPP Foundation, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, UndauntedK12, and LEE. She also runs, with her sister, the Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation, a private charitable foundation supporting education and animal rights groups. She has been an advisor to the Mayoral Leadership in Education Network at Harvard Kennedy School and chair of the Stand for Children Leadership Center.
Emma holds a BA from Princeton University, an MPA from The Harvard Kennedy School, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.