Emily has worked and traveled in more than 35 countries, speaks Kiswahili, and once drove a 1Liter engine car from London to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. ‘Nuff said? Wait, there’s more. 

Emily began her career in Tanzania with TechnoServe, where she worked to link farmer-based businesses to export markets. Just before joining IDEO.org, she worked with Booz Allen Hamilton managing agribusiness and enterprise development programs for USAID in Africa. With Chemonics International, a USAID contractor, Emily managed private-sector development programs, designed new projects, and led the start-up of a new division focused on strategic planning and performance management. 

Emily received an MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and undergraduate degrees in Art History and English Literature from Middlebury College. While in business school, Emily interned with Acumen Fund, conducting a landscape analysis of the agriculture sector in Uganda; advised GE Healthcare on innovative business approaches to using portable ultrasound in rural India; helped IDEO understand the competitive landscape for social impact consulting; and designed and built a portable hygiene facility for use in disaster zones.