Erin Thornton

Erin is returning to her home state to join the Princeton community after a decade working and living in Boston, Massachusetts, and Brooklyn, New York. Prior to starting the MPA program, Erin was an Associate Director of Impact Investments at Social Finance, a national nonprofit where she partnered with state and local governments to design impact-first, non-extractive investment programs in education and workforce development. Erin is also an organizer in the solidarity economy and cooperative economics space. Previously, Erin was a Senior Research Associate on the Emerging Markets team at Eaton Vance Management/Morgan Stanley Investment Management. In that role, she conducted macroeconomic analysis and public policy research on countries in Central and Eastern Europe and North Africa in support of investment decisions. She has interned in the office of New Jersey Assemblyman John F. McKeon, in the office of former Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, at Liberty Square Group, and at Eaton Vance Management. In 2018, Erin graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science/International Affairs with Honors and a Minor in Economics from Northeastern University.