Erica Schlaikjer is the Information and Innovation Coordinator for EMBARQ, where she creates, edits and manages multimedia content for the organization's growing international network of websites and blogs. She also assists with profile-raising, fundraising, media relations and other communications outreach for the entire EMBARQ Network.

Erica comes to the World Resources Institute with a strong interest in new media, environmental sustainability and global affairs. Prior to joining EMBARQ, she was writing and reporting for Crain's Chicago Business, a weekly business publication in Chicago.

During her academic and post-graduate career, she has held editorial internships at several other local, national and international publications, including National Geographic magazine; The Chicago Reporter, an investigative magazine about race and poverty; and Taiwan Business TOPICS, published by the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei. In recognition of her interest in global reporting, Erica was honored with a foundational scholarship from the Overseas Press Club.

Erica has a special interest in China and Taiwan. In 2007, she created a blog, ResponsibleChina.com, about environmental sustainability, social entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility in Greater China.

Erica graduated in 2007 from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, double-majoring in journalism and international studies. She spent her childhood living in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Switzerland and Maryland. She returns to the Washington, D.C.-area from Chicago.