Please join NJBIA’s Chief Government Affairs Officer and our state budget expert, Christopher Emigholz, to hear his first thoughts on Governor Murphy’s proposed FY26 state budget. This virtual interactive program will be held on Wednesday, February 26 at 4 PM.
All are welcome to listen to and participate in this presentation to learn more about how the state budget may impact your business. Also, stay tuned for NJBIA’s budget work over the next few months to make sure the state budget is as pro-business as possible.
Christopher EmigholzChief Government Affairs Officer, NJBIA
As Chief Government Affairs Officer for the New Jersey Business & Industry Association Christopher focuses on taxation, budget, economic development and workforce development. NJBIA is the largest and most impactful business association in the nation.
Prior to his current job, Emigholz worked in state government for a decade. He was the Budget Director for the State Senate Republican Office for 8 years overseeing economic, fiscal and education policy, and he also directed education policy and legislative affairs in the New Jersey Department of Education prior to that. This is his second stint at NJBIA having served for years as their workforce development and education lobbyist earlier in his career. He was also a teacher through the Teach For America program in a high school in Atlanta, Georgia, and a community liaison/volunteer coordinator for an elementary school in Baltimore City through the AmeriCorps-VISTA program.
Emigholz has a Master of Public Policy degree from Rutgers’ Bloustein School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University. He currently lives in Robbinsville, NJ with his wife and 3 children, where he is active in the community including coaching youth sports and serving on the school board to which he was elected.
