Emily Balf

SENIOR MANAGER

Emily (she/they) is a Senior Manager on the Voter Contact Innovations team, working to better engage the rising American electorate and measurably increase turnout in the upcoming election cycle.

Emily is a long-time organizer with over a decade of experience in progressive politics. She cut her teeth on Obama's reelection campaign and has continued organizing and power building ever since. She comes to Vote Rev from a brief political hiatus as a program and product manager at the Cognizant Microsoft Business Group. 

Emily holds a B.A. in Biology with a minor in Humane Studies from Kenyon College. She did her graduate work in Medical Linguistics at the University of Cincinnati. Originally from New Jersey, though mostly raised in Iowa, she currently resides in Lincoln, Nebraska. When not working or canvassing you can find her in the gym coaching the CrossFit Adaptive Athlete Program for young adults with Down Syndrome, or out walking one or more of her three dogs, Eddie, Olaf, and Burpee.