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Emily is a public servant, founder, and combat veteran. She is committed to reimagining the ways in which government can serve its citizens and contribute to a flourishing democracy. In her previous role, she led Twilio.org's Impact Fund, a $45M fund utilizing full-spectrum capital to fund digital disruptors and changemakers. Prior to that, she served as the Acting Director of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the U.S. Department of Commerce managing a grant portfolio that funded technology accelerators, incubators, and early stage seed funds. Emily is co-founder of Rumi Spice, an award-winning social enterprise that imports premium saffron directly from Afghan farmers. Rumi Spice was featured on Shark Tank and selected for Y Combinator's social fellowship program. Emily's work with Rumi Spice and as a CST has been featured in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Foreign Policy, NPR, Forbes, the Chicago Tribune, Nightline with Diane Sawyer, Voice of America, Food & Wine, and more. Emily served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. She fought for the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and the Combat Exclusion Policy that barred women from combat roles. She led an engineer platoon in Iraq and served on two deployments to Afghanistan with 75th Ranger Regiment as one of the first women with all-male Special Operations teams. Her Cultural Support Team was the subject of The New York Times bestseller, Ashley’s War. She earned her Bachelor of Science from West Point and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.In her free time, she’s an avid hiker and outdoors enthusiast on a quest to summit all 58 of Colorado's 14,000+ ft mountains.

Listed skills include Leadership, Operational Planning, Military Operations, Team Leadership, and 16 others.