Emnet Almedom is a researcher and policy strategist focused on economic justice, corporate accountability, and community power-building, currently at Frontline Solutions. Previously, she has held roles at UC Berkeley's Othering & Belonging Institute and in Deloitte’s Public Sector practice. She is passionate about shaping research and community-led campaigns that connect local change to the vision for a more just, global economy. She holds a Masters in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Science in International Affairs and Economics from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.
She is a first-generation Eritrean immigrant from Atlanta, Georgia who loves finding foods, films, and experiences that bring her Global South and U.S. South identities together. She is part of mutual aid efforts and tenant rights organizing in Atlanta and Brooklyn.
Check out some of her proudest work accomplishments below and her portfolio on the next page:
Led development of an evidence and movement organization review of transformative federal policies that would have cascading effects on worker rights, democracy, public finance, and corporate accountability
Led listening sessions with Georgia HBCU students and rural residents to integrate their visions for political change in Black Voters Matter’s midterm elections strategy, highlighted in local Atlanta publication
Managed an interdisciplinary team of researchers, organizers, and creatives to share L.A. public housing organizers’ visions for public safety and climate-resilient housing and produce an accompanying popular education video
Advised the national organization Jobs for the Future to include evidence-based community economic development in its regional economic development strategy work
Identified innovative approaches to government equity data-sharing and action planning to make the case for NYC’s first equity office
Conducted administrative policy research and interviews with unhoused Oaklanders to support the case for Oakland’s $10 million MACRO program to dispatch mental health experts in place of police officers. Research cited by Bay Area Legal Aid and Oakland’s Police Commission.