In her current role as Chief of Staff at The Pittsburgh Foundation, Emmie is a key member of the senior leadership team and ensures the effectiveness of the organization by tracking progress toward key objectives and managing cross-functional teams across the staff to translate the Foundation’s vision, mission and goals into results and impact. She serves as a strategic thought partner and sounding board to the CEO and executive staff in areas of foundation operations, risk management and culture. Emmie joined the Foundation in 2016, beginning in development and held roles of increasing responsibility within the Foundation’s Center for Philanthropy. She also founded and continues to lead the New Philanthropic Leaders program.
Prior to the Foundation, Emmie was an information technology project manager and a senior consultant, leading multimillion dollar electronic health record implementations at some of the nation’s top health care systems. She also completed a post-graduate service year as a patient advocate at St. Vincent Medical Center in central Los Angeles, a formative experience in her pursuit of nonprofit work. Emmie earned her Master of Public Administration from the University of Pittsburgh and her undergraduate degree in honors anthropology from the University of Notre Dame. While at Pitt, she received the Faculty Award, which is given to the top MPA student based on academics and service to the school. She has also obtained her Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute.
Emmie has served on boards including Catholic Charities Free Health Care Center, Catholic Charities of Pittsburgh, and served as Board Chair of POWER (Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery). She is an adjunct instructor at the Johnson Institute of Pitt’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, serves as Vice Chair of the board of PUMP (Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project), is on the selection committee for Pittsburgh Magazine's 40 Under 40 Awards, and is a member of Leadership Pittsburgh's XLI class. She lives in the Morningside neighborhood of Pittsburgh.