Emma Wolfe

Emma Wolfe is an American government official and advisor who served as Deputy Mayor of New York City for Administration and Chief of Staff to New York City mayor Bill de Blasio.

Biography Wolfe graduated from Barnard College in 2001, majoring in urban studies and sociology. After graduating from Barnard, she worked for ACORN, America Coming Together and the healthcare union 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. Wolfe worked on the failed 2001 New York City mayoral election campaign for Mark Green.

From 2005 to 2009, Wolfe served as organizing director and then election campaigns director for the Working Families Party of New York state.

She then joined Bill de Blasio's office and served as his chief of staff when he was New York City Public Advocate from 2010 to 2012 and was as political director for de Blasio's mayoral campaign in 2013.

In 2014, Wolfe became the director of intergovernmental affairs and then chief of staff in the mayor's office in 2018. As deputy mayor and chief of staff, Wolfe worked on priorities such as universal prekindergarten, COVID-19 response, and helped strike compromises between the mayor and Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo.

In January 2022, Wolfe joined Barnard College, her alma mater, as Senior Advisor to President Sian Beilock. Her mother, Kate Maguire, is an actress and CEO and artistic director of the Berkshire Theater Group, which organizes the annual Berkshire Theatre Festival. Wolfe is gay.