“Emily's meticulous attention to detail extended to every aspect of the user journey. She ensured that we had the right tooling and processes in place to measure the quality of every design we shipped. She established rituals for us to connect as team, get feedback, and stay aligned to our Design System and broader executive-level objectives. She did all this in addition to cranking out high quality work for pods who needed extra support. But beyond her professional skills, Emily's genuine kindness and empathy stood out the most. She's a leader who's not only a brilliant designer but also genuinely cares about her team's well-being.”

Jake Bagley

Senior Product Designer (Vendr)

“We need to make “to Emily” a verb. How can we clone her?”

Chris McCarthy

COO (Degreed)

“Something that sets you apart from most leaders is your ability to not only create and articulate a vision for the future, grounded in insights, but to communicate a plan to operationalize your vision through the empowerment of others.”

Chris Avore

Principal, Design Transformation (InVision)

“It was clear to me at all times that Emily valued clarity and focus on broader goals on her team, and she was always quick to offer guidance and support to me and my teammates personally at times when objectives were uncertain. Emily’s resilient, adaptive, and supportive leadership style was so important for maintaining alignment in our organization’s fast-paced startup environment, and it will do the same for any future team that is lucky enough to have her leadership. ”

Duncan Malashok

Engineering Manager (Vendr)

“Emily is an incredible product and design leader. She’s a self-motivated and outgoing designer, a master at stakeholder management, and makes sense of the noise. Additionally, Emily is an open-minded and servant leader with a reputation for being kind AND a badass. She’s the kind of person you want in your corner and brings out the best in people.”

Kevin Hawkins

Director of Design (BookClub)

“Emily gave me the agency and trust to do my best work at Vendr. She went out of her way to teach the team how to think about incorporating AI technologies into design and research work, provided us with the resources to put that into practice, and helped us be more assertive across all our work. I recall, on multiple occasions, leaders from product and engineering being in awe of Emily’s decisiveness, velocity, and assertiveness to make better decisions. This helped design have a seat at the table.”

Karan Shastri

Staff UX Researcher (Vendr)

“One of the biggest things we were missing before you joined Vendr was a healthy design culture and the design team having an environment that supported growth. It seems to me that you made that happen. It’s so much better today than it was before you joined and I attribute that to you directly.”

Matt Daubert

VP of Engineering (Vendr)

“Emily is able to move between teaching a C-level executive to mentoring a junior designer, and is able to create a deep and sincere impact on all of them.”

Brian Thome

VP of Customer Success (InVision)