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Emma Oppenheim is Senior Engagement and Policy Fellow at the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, where she leads the Bureau’s initiative to identify and address the financial needs of workers. Prior to joining CFPB, Oppenheim was Director of Advocacy and Policy at the Roosevelt Institute, where she developed and executed strategies to ensure a shared agenda of building an economy that works for all. She previously served as Program Officer for Economic Justice with the Open Society Foundations, where she oversaw grantmaking that sought to promote equitable growth and just distribution of resources; Senior Advisor with the NYC Center for Economic Opportunity within the Office of the Mayor, where she oversaw a portfolio of employment and youth development programs implemented in partnership with city agencies and nonprofit service providers; and Associate Director of Employment Policy at UnidosUS, where she led its employment policy advocacy and research. She began her career as a workforce development case manager with BronxWorks, a community-based organization in the South Bronx. She holds a BA in urban studies from Barnard College, Columbia University, and an MA in public administration from Baruch College, City University of New York.