After graduating from Drexel University in her hometown of Philadelphia with a business degree, Emily worked at a DC nonprofit before moving to Pittsburgh to attend the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA). Her path in public service continued when she accepted a position at a woman-owned consulting firm specializing in nonprofit strategic fundraising and planning. 

Emily’s last position before coming to PWSA was at the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) as a Compliance Review Specialist. There she developed policies and procedures for the URA’s Supplier Diversity Program as well as compliance around minority, woman, and veteran- owned vendors for the Authority’s development projects. Before joining the URA, Emily worked in the City of Pittsburgh’s Equal Opportunity Review Commission (EORC), whose mission includes the development of policies regarding employment opportunities for minorities and women in contracting with the City of Pittsburgh and its Authorities. 

This experience was a natural fit for Emily to manage our Supplier Diversity Program. In this capacity, she strives to expand opportunities for minority, women, and veteran-owner contractors to work with us.

In addition to managing our Supplier Diversity Program, Emily oversees Headwaters, our organizational improvement dashboard where the public can learn about our strategic vision and review metrics related to organizational performance and the work we do each day.

“I embrace the challenge of managing Headwaters, especially during the age of remote collaboration,” said Emily. “It involves working to analyze unique data collected from a wide variety of individuals across all departments.”

Also managed by Emily is the delivery of our quarterly report to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC). This report addresses how we will achieve full regulatory compliance, including provisions to bring information technology, accounting, billing, collection and other operating systems and procedures into compliance with requirements applicable to jurisdictional water and wastewater utilities. 

In her spare time, you can find Emily outdoors, enjoying hiking, camping, and nature. She also holds a special place in her heart for her hometown, Philadelphia, and makes the cross-state trip to see her family there whenever possible.