Her career began at Lendlease Construction’s Integrated Solutions team, where she supported the planning and delivery of complex large-scale residential developments, contributing to the execution of more than 1,000 residential units across Chicago’s demanding construction environment. That foundation in technically demanding, schedule-driven delivery led her to Dayton Street Partners, a real estate investment and development firm where she managed local and national construction portfolios spanning corporate value-add repositioning and industrial outdoor storage assets – building the developer’s fluency that now defines her approach to evaluating projects for capital efficiency, risk exposure, and long-term asset performance.

At IXB, Emily leads preconstruction strategy with the precision of an engineer and the perspective of an owner, stress-testing design assumptions, aligning budget parameters with project objectives, and establishing the cost and schedule certainty that transforms early-stage decisions into achievable project outcomes. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Purdue University.