Emillie Fan
Emilie Fan (she/her) serves as the Senior Director of Advancement for the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. In this role, Emilie provides strategic leadership and direction to Brown School deans, leads a team of fundraisers and collaborates across the department to advance fundraising efforts for the Brown School to realize its vision for a better and more equitable society. A social worker by training, Emilie believes strongly in relationship building as the catalyst to transformative philanthropy and communities. Emilie joined Washington University in 2016 and prior to that, she began her advancement career at the Jewish Federation of St. Louis in 2013 and then served as Director of Development for Girls on the Run St. Louis. Emilie first recognized the importance of philanthropy and volunteer engagement during her work as an intern with the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, while completing her Master of Social Work degree. Emilie’s professional mission is to advance equity through philanthropy. Emilie, a Seattle-native, moved to St. Louis in 2011 for her Master of Social Work at the Brown School. She graduated in 2013 with her MSW, with a focus on nonprofit management and organization leadership. Emilie met her husband while attending the Brown School, and they have since made St. Louis their home, living in University City with their two children, Eleanor (5) and Teddy (3). Emilie recognizes the importance of community engagement and advocacy and spends any free time that she is not working or with her children volunteering with Temple Israel, Planned Parenthood and the Wilson School.
