is the deputy director of the New Jersey Policy Research Organization and the director of Education Policy for the New Jersey Business & Industry Association. Mr. Emigholz has a strong background in education and is excited to use that to aid the Foundation in its Middle School Curriculum goals as well as its day-to-day researching needs.

Emigholz holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in History and Political Science from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Public Policy degree with dual concentrations in education policy and urban policy from Rutgers’ Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.

Emigholz was a high school social studies teacher through Teach For America in Atlanta Public Schools where he almost doubled the percentage of passing students at Booker T. Washington Comprehensive High School in Atlanta on the social studies portion of the Georgia Graduation Test and was voted Stellar Teacher in 2001. He also worked as a committee aide/research associate for the NJ Senate Republican Office and staffed the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Community & Urban Affairs Committee.

"NJPRO is an exciting place to be right now," Emigholz said. "Because of its flexibility the Foundation has a great deal of potential and I'm proud to have the opportunity to help guide its growth."