Emily Wazlak is the Director of the NYU Law Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital (EVC) Program. The EVC Program builds connections to resources and networks for NYU Law alumni and students who are working, involved, or interested in startups and venture capital. This includes community-focused programming, summer internship opportunities, and seed-stage equity investments.Emily is also the Founder of Shine Registry, a platform using best practices from crowdfunding and traditional wedding registry sites to create new tools for community care. Prior to entrepreneurship, Emily led youth voter turnout for the Obama reelection campaign in Toledo, Ohio, and worked on procurement and acquisition policy for the Pentagon. She is a trained facilitator and has designed and led workshops and trainings for Organizing for Action, the Roosevelt Institute, and the Institute for Social Innovation at Carnegie Mellon among others. Emily earned her undergraduate degree in Politics, War, and Society from Mount Holyoke College and holds a Master's of Science in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University where she was a Public Policy and International Affairs Fellow. She is a Startingbloc Social Innovation Fellow, was on a list for “What’s Next in Pittsburgh Tech” in 2018, and a TEDx speaker in 2019. She is originally from Queens, the best borough in NYC.