Aspen is a place for leaders to lift their sights above the possessions which possess them. To confront their own nature as human beings, to regain control over their own humanity by becoming more self-aware, more self-correcting, and hence more self-fulfilling.

Walter P. Paepcke, Aspen Institute Co-Founder

Emma Catlett

Director of Strategy and Operations, Philosophy & Society

Emma Catlett is the Director of Strategy and Operations with the Aspen Institute’s Philosophy & Society Initiative. She started her career at Deloitte Consulting, having since led strategy at several organizations working in K-12 education. She holds a B.S. in Economics from Vanderbilt University, where she wishes she would have studied Philosophy.