About me
Emily is the Program Director, Arts Services at the Maryland State Arts Council, where she works with a team who encourages and invests in the advancement of the arts for all Marylanders. She directly supports the artists and arts organizations within the visual, media, multidisciplinary, folk/traditional arts, and service disciplines, providing access to grant opportunities, professional development, and strategic initiatives to better serve their communities. She and the team actively work toward implementing change that is reflective of equity and justice in the grantmaking process, so that public resources are spread across all communities of our state.
Emily was integral to MSAC’s efforts to provide assistance to artists and arts organizations during the Covid pandemic, assisting and supporting artists and organizations with emergency funding opportunities.
She was also selected for the very first cohort of its kind in the country, one of twelve arts administrators across the county, in the Crisis Analysis & Mitigation Coach Training for Arts Responders, supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Coalition of Arts Preparedness & Emergency Response (NCAPER). This cohort is focused on a nationwide network of responders to coach communities in developing and/or expanding their mitigation strategies using arts and creativity at the core.
Prior to MSAC, Emily raised funds for nonprofit arts organizations rooted in Baltimore City, including Maryland Art Place, Baltimore Clayworks, and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts. Emily obtained her Master of Arts in Arts Administration from the Savannah College of Art and Design, and her Bachelor of Arts in Art and Business from Muskingum College.
Outside of her professional work, Emily was heavily involved with the Junior League of Baltimore from 2015-2023, where she chaired various committees and served on the board for two terms as an active member. She currently serves on the Chi Alpha Nu Alumni Board in a Fundraising role, and chairing a 100th Anniversary Planning Committee.
Originally from Ohio, Emily has called Baltimore home since 2010. She lives in Mt. Vernon with her husband Ryan, where you will find her working on home renovations, rearranging artwork, actively engaged with knitting projects, reading, or helping to feed community cats in the area.
