Judy Neufeld

Judy Neufeld is an alumna of the Emerge Massachusetts Class of 2009. Before starting as the Executive Director of Emerge Massachusetts in February 2010, she was the Manager of Recruitment and Community Partnerships at Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, the largest and oldest mentoring organization in Greater Boston exclusively serving girls.

Over the three years at Big Sister, Judy built relationships with corporations, universities, and community organizations to recruit thousands of women to serve as volunteer mentors to girls. She also developed and managed Big Sister’s Alumnae Association to engage and involve former Big and Little Sisters and created a thriving Diversity Council to help recruit and retain women of color to serve as mentors. Prior to Big Sister, Judy worked as a community organizer with Stand for Children, a grassroots advocacy organization focused on increasing funding for public education and other vital state programs for children.

Judy Neufeld has worked on numerous political campaigns. She managed Marty Walz's successful run for State Representative in the 8^th Suffolk District and was Deputy Campaign Manager for Marty Martinez's city-wide campaign for Alderman at Large in Somerville.

Currently, she serves as the Co-President for the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Organization for Women, and chairs the Mass NOW Political Action Committee. She has been on the Mass NOW Board for more than three years and helped organize Mass NOW’s first annual fundraising event, The Feminist Affair in 2009.

Judy graduated cum laude from Tufts University with a B.A. in Gender and Education Studies.