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Emily Sharrock is the Founder & Principal Consultant at Sharrock Strategies Group. Emily has devoted her career to public service with a passion for ensuring every child has access to a quality education. At the New York City Department of Education she oversaw several system-wide strategic reform initiatives and served as a Network Leader, managing the leadership, instruction, and operations of more than 25 schools. She also worked as a curriculum and leadership coach for Expeditionary Learning Schools. Most recently, she served as Associate Vice President at Bank Street College’s Education Center, developing new partnerships and programs for public impact and launching early childhood and education policy initiatives.  In addition to her work in education, Emily has also held leadership roles in philanthropy, nonprofit management, and worked in community development. Emily holds an MPA from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a BA from Wesleyan University. 

Emily and Erin have collaborated closely on early childhood education initiatives over the past several years, bringing complementary expertise in systems strategy, leadership development, and policy implementation. Together, they co-developed an Assessment for Learning framework that defined the key competencies and conditions for effective early childhood systems leadership, providing a shared tool for funders and practitioners to support and evaluate leadership development efforts. In partnership with Bank Street College and the Hunt Institute, they also worked together on a national learning series highlighting innovative examples of compensation reform, supporting states and cities in addressing the workforce crisis facing ECE providers. Their ongoing collaboration is grounded in a shared commitment to advancing equity and sustainability across the early childhood field.