Ken Emerson has devoted a more than decade to helping nonprofit organizations develop effective branding, communications and fundraising strategies and materials. Working independently and as a senior associate at Jan Krukowski & Co., he has served a wide range of clients, such as Massachusetts General Hospital, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Georgetown and Harvard Universities, and Local Initiatives Support Corporation.

Ken received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University and master's degree from Yale University. He also taught at Princeton University as the first recipient of the Philip Anschutz Distinguished Visiting Fellowship in American Studies. A former articles editor of the New York Times Magazine and op-ed editor of New York Newsday , he has written for those publications and many others, ranging from Rolling Stone to the Wall Street Journal . He is the author of Doo-Dah!: Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Culture and Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era , and co-editor of Rethinking the Urban Agenda: Reinvigorating the Liberal Tradition in New York City and Urban America .