Emily Coppel
Adjunct Lecturer
Emily Coppel brings to CUNY nearly fifteen years of experience in non-profit communications and program management in the global development sector. She is currently the Director of Strategic Communications at IDinsight, a data analytics and research organization that supports the most effective non-profits, philanthropies, international agencies, and government partners in Africa and Asia with applied data and evidence advisory services. She oversees a team of eight to amplify the organization’s impact by promoting evidence-based approaches to development.
Prior to IDinsight, Emily was the Director of Communications for the US affiliate of BRAC, the world’s largest NGO based in Bangladesh reaching 120 million people. At BRAC USA, she oversaw communications, outreach, and public fundraising. She created new funding streams to grow its communications team and increased its donor base by 9x.
Earlier in her career, Emily was a freelance reporter and covered the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. She was also the first full-time program staff member of a start-up youth skills development non-profit operating in South Africa’s townships, Umuzi, that has reached hundreds of young people.
Emily has cross-sector experience in global health, education, financial inclusion, technology for development, youth empowerment, extreme poverty, and humanitarian response. She has worked on projects in Bangladesh, Kenya, Nepal, Liberia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. She has a degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
