Emma supports IHA's policy, educational, and project development roles, including writing issue briefs, white papers, and other communications in collaboration with IHA program staff; providing managerial and analytical support for new IHA projects; and working with IHA's executive director to translate the lessons that IHA has learned about performance measurement and payment reform over the past ten years into concrete lessons for policymakers and other healthcare stakeholders. Prior to joining IHA, Emma's professional career included research positions at the Berkeley Center for Health Technology and in the office of Canadian Senator Lowell Murray.

Emma holds a Bachelors degree in Public Affairs and Policy Management (BPAPM) from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, as well as joint Masters degrees in Public Policy and Public Health (MPP, MPH) from the University of California, Berkeley.