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Emily Hawkins
CrowdRise
Emily Hawkins is the vice president of strategic partnerships and business development for CrowdRise. She spends her days forging partnerships and developing creative campaigns with forward-thinking corporations and foundations. She has spent the last 10 years working with nonprofits and political campaigns; in her free time, she's training to be the best chalkboard artist in the three-block radius of her Brooklyn neighborhood.