MPA 2002
Analytical Paper Title: “Legislators’ Use of Performance Measures for Budgetary Decision Making: The Case of the State of Delaware”
chair: Maria Aristigueta; committee member: Jerome Lewis
e-mail: egonce@hotmail.com
current position:
Senior Governmental Affairs Consultant
Office of Governmental Affairs
New York Life Insurance Company
New York, N.Y.
introduction | education | experience | presentations | conferences
IntroductionEmily graduated UD in 2002 and is currently a Registered Lobbyist and Senior Governmental Affairs Consultant at New York Life Insurance Company, a Fortune 100 company and the largest mutual life insurer in the United States. In this position, Emily annually solicits 14,000 New York Life agents and employees to contribute to the New York Life Political Action Committee (NYLPAC) via a direct mail campaign and at targeted in-person engagements. NYLPAC is the #1 corporate insurance PAC in the country, with over $2 million in receipts per election cycle.
Emily also leads New York Life’s grassroots lobbying program and serves as the company’s grassroots liaison to industry associations and other companies on industry-wide initiatives.
Prior to working at New York Life, Emily worked at New York University, where she communicated with local, national, and international nonprofit, public, and governmental leaders about how they and their constituencies could benefit from the executive education program offered through the Wagner School of Public Service. Emily developed program curriculums and managed program logistics.
EducationCertificate in Business Management, New York University 2005
MPA, University of Delaware 2002, State and Local Management
BS, University of Delaware 2000, Leadership and Consumer Economics, cum laude
Experience2006 – present
Senior Governmental Affairs Consultant and Registered Federal Lobbyist, New York Life Insurance Company, New York, N.Y.
2005 – 2006
Program Administrator, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, New York, N.Y.
2003 – 2005
Program Associate/ Assistant Research Scientist, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, New York, N.Y.
January 2002 – June 2002
Legislative Fellow, Delaware State Legislature, House Minority
Caucus
September 2001 – May 2002
Research Assistant, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware, Newark,
Del.
Presentations“Political Participation at Home”
The presentation, developed for New York Life agents, provides them strategies for developing strong and long-term relationships with their members of Congress. I give the presentation three times per year as part of a political briefing for agents lobbying in Washington, D.C.
ConferencesPublic Affairs Council National Political Action Committee and Grassroots Conferences (2006 attendee; 2008 advisory committee member)
Innovate to Motivate Conference (2007 attendee)
