Emily graduated from Elmira College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. In 2008 she accepted an administrative assistant position in the Cornell Institute of Biotechnology and assumed responsibility for the Institute’s Biotechnology Resource Center (BRC) core facility service billings. Since 2013 she has additionally provided human resources support for the Institute with a particular focus on recruitment and staff professional development and engagement. In 2017 she became a Society for Human Resource Management Certified Professional (SHRM-CP).