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	A Michigan native, Emily developed a passion for conservation while at Calvin College in Grand Rapids and through courses at Au Sable Institute, majoring in biology with an environmental studies minor. &nbsp;Emily has worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in both Colorado and Michigan. While working with the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, a project of the USFWS, she pursued a graduate degree from the University of Michigan&rsquo;s School of Natural Resources and Environment that focused on ecosystem management with an emphasis in conservation. Emily and her husband Brook reside on a small farm in Barry County, where they raise two boys, Charlie and Wendell, and their daughter Lily.</p>
