Emily Nachtigal is a member of the firm’s government advocacy and consulting group. She leverages her leadership experience working at the Minnesota State Capitol and study earning an International Master of Science degree in economics and development to bring strategic and global perspectives to clients.
While earning her master’s degree, Emily studied in Belgium, Germany and Slovakia, and conducted a case study on water resource management in Jordan. With 30 classmates from 17 countries around the world, Emily increased her ability to keep an open mind and find common ground among cultures. Between her second and third semesters, she joined 11 classmates in Slovakia for a case study looking at the local implementation of the Eli’s Common Agricultural Policy’s (CAP) rural development funds. Throughout her coursework and this case study, Emily learned not only about the technicalities of the CAP, but also the perceptions by different Europeans. In Jordan, Emily and her colleagues traveled to rural villages to conduct interviews for the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur International Zisammenarbeit (GIZ) in their attempt to decrease the impact of water scarcity in the region. Her bachelor’s program in applied economics at the University of Minnesota emphasized a management and finance approach to business and economics and took her to study abroad in Turkey for international business in emerging markets and Spain for economics.
In the Minnesota State Capitol, Emily has served in a variety of roles and responsibilities as a legislative assistant to the House Majority Leader, field organizer for the DFL House Caucus and an independent contractor. As a field organizer, Emily was in charge of the grassroots organizing in three different House districts. While serving as legislative assistant to the Majority Leader, she was the liaison between the Majority Leader and government officials, lobbyists and the general public. Emily also served as the committee legislative assistant for the Rules & Legislative Administration Committee.
- Rotary International Global Grant Scholarship, 2014-16
- Tom Burnett Leadership Program, University of Minnesota — Participant
- College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources Sciences (CFANS), University of Minnesota — Policy Engagement Program, Co-Founder
- College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources Sciences (CFANS), University of Minnesota — Mentor Program Volunteer
- Minnesota State Horticulture Society — Vera's Garden Volunteer
- Participation in Water Management in the Mena Region — Perspectives From Refugee-hosting Communities in Rural Jordan
Tropentag 2016, Vienna, Austria
Emily is an extrovert at heart and enjoys traveling, both domestically and abroad. She has a love of carrot juice and the Minnesota Gopher sports teams.