As Smart City Director for the City of Philadelphia, Emily is responsible for
managing and leading the implementation of the SmartCityPHL Roadmap that
provides guidance on how smart and emerging technology solutions can
improve the quality of life for residents, businesses and visitors while improving
the delivery of City services.
Throughout her career, Emily has worked to help cities position themselves as
globally competitive by utilizing a systems approach to develop strategies,
projects and programs that exist within the intersection of sustainability,
technology, and economic development. Most recently, Emily was Deputy
Director with Envision Charlotte where she was responsible for leading the
development of the Circular Charlotte strategy, which made Charlotte the first
city in the US to have a citywide circular economy strategy, in addition to other
local programming that created a smarter, more sustainable Charlotte.
She has held a variety of positions in Europe and North America, including urban planning positions with both the District of Columbia and the city of Cleveland planning offices. Emily was a recipient of the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt German Chancellor/ Bundeskanzler Fellowship, which funded a year of research focused on German approaches to the implementation of sustainability policy and climate
change adaptation in brownfield development. Emily holds a Bachelors of Science in Landscape Architecture from Arizona State University. She is a member of the Emerging Leaders in Energy and Environmental Policy (ELEEP) Network.
