Emily is responsible for the overall strategic direction and vision for the company as well as marketing, branding, and sales. Her role is instrumental in fundraising, establishing key partnerships and building the network that will support residents and their families.

Emily is a highly experienced marketing and sales pro with a twenty-year career focused on high-growth companies. She spent over ten years in commercial real estate, leading the sales team for a student housing company that went public, and then overseeing the marketing strategy for a multi-billion-dollar equity raise at a grocery-anchored shopping center company. She spent the last three years helping female-founded venture capital firms raise equity before co-founding EmpowerMe Living with her husband and partner, Mark. Emily is mom of three kids and stepmom of three. Her son Luke was born with Down syndrome.

Emily graduated magna cum laude from Furman University with dual degrees in Business Administration and Spanish.