Emily Sweet

Chief Impact Officer, Jewish United Fund of Chicago

Emily Sweet is a veteran social impact leader with over 25 years of experience driving positive change in the nonprofit, philanthropic, government, and corporate social impact sectors.

In her current role as Chief Impact Officer at the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago, Emily is responsible for identifying ongoing community needs, setting funding priorities, and allocating communal resources locally, nationally, and internationally.

Emily has held previous leadership roles at JUF, including serving as Executive Director of the Public Affairs Department— where she led government relations, advocacy, and inter-faith coalitions— and was Executive Director of the Jewish Women’s Foundation of Chicago. She began her career working to address gender-based violence at a domestic violence shelter program and then as the Project Director for the City of Chicago Mayor’s Office on Domestic Violence.