Emily de Rotstein was a Board member and the founding Executive Director of the first Chesterton Academy from 2011 to 2018. In 2013, she helped launch the Chesterton Schools Network, a global network of Catholic classical high schools. Her career began in fundraising for higher education, with roles at Amherst College, Trinity College, and the consulting firm Grenzebach Glier and Associates. Before Chesterton, she was VP of Marketing at an electronics display company she co-founded. Emily and her husband, Nes, live in Ave Maria, Florida, and are active in Legatus (Naples chapter) and the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.