Emmy Liss is an early childhood policy and system leader with over a decade of experience designing and implementing large-scale child care and early education initiatives. Her work has focused on building equitable, accessible systems through strategic planning, cross-agency collaboration, and operational leadership. Over the course of her career, she has played a key role in shaping early care and education policy in New York City.

Before her appointment to the mayoral administration, Liss was an independent researcher and policy consultant, working with many New York City child care policy and advocacy organizations and advising state and local leaders on early care and education implementation challenges. Previously, she served as Chief Operating Officer for New York City’s early childhood education system under former Mayor Bill de Blasio, where she was instrumental in building and managing a system that now serves tens of thousands of children under the age of five.

Liss holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Brown University.