Presenters

With a passion for sustainable economic, cultural and community development, Emily has worked for more than 15 years in Northern Ontario and Europe to catalyze business growth. She returned to her hometown, Sudbury, after living, studying and working in Italy for five years. Emily has served on the board of directors of the Creative City Network of Canada and the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund. She is the municipal staff lead for arts, culture and film in her role as business development officer with the City of Greater Sudbury, working on projects to attract filming activity to the region, supporting event policies, managing the Arts & Culture Grant Program and the development of new capital projects for the arts, including Place des Arts. She is raising a family of arts lovers with a preschooler and a toddler learning new crafts and attending their first music festivals.