Emily Courey Pryor at 2018 Skoll World Forum
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Executive Director, Data2X
Emily Courey Pryor is a social impact executive and gender equality advocate. She is the founding Executive Director of Data2X, a civil society organization that works to eliminate gender bias from the world’s major data sources and drive use of that data to improve the lives of women and girls. Data2X works with partners – UN agencies, governments, civil society, academia, and the private sector – to improve gender data and its use for better, smarter decision making.
In addition to a focus on gender equality, she has a passion for and experience working in global health, international disaster response, and peace and security. Emily took a running start in her career at the American Red Cross, managed Gilead Sciences’ corporate philanthropy, and has built and led a variety of start-ups, including the UN Foundation’s initiative on Women’s Economic Empowerment and the Girl Up campaign. She was also a founding investor in a utility-scale solar energy company.
Emily received her MPH from the University of Michigan and BA from the University of Florida. She lives in Nashville with her husband and children.
