Christopher “Chris” Emigholz is the Chief Government Affairs Officer of the New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA), the largest, most impactful statewide organization representing New Jersey businesses.
Before his promotion to Chief Government Affairs Officer, Emigholz served as NJBIA’s vice president of Government Affairs covering taxation, budget and economic development. Prior to coming to NJBIA, Emigholz worked in state government for 10 years. He was a budget director for the State Senate Republican Office for eight years and 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 the association’s 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 community liaison/volunteer coordinator for an elementary school in Baltimore City.
Emigholz earned a Master of Public Policy degree from Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University. He currently lives in Robbinsville, New Jersey with his wife and three children. Emigholz is active in the community, having served on the school board, the economic development advisory council and currently volunteering as a youth sports coach.
