Full Name:
Emily O'Brien
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: Jake; 2 Children
Birth Place:
Lakeville, MN
Home City:
Grand Forks, ND
Master's, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, University of North Dakota, 2015-2018
Bachelor's, Entrepreneurship/Business Administration and Management, University of North Dakota, 2010-2015
Representative, North Dakota State House of Representatives, District 42, 2016-2025
Candidate, North Dakota State House of Representatives, District 42, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
Former Member, Industry, Business and Labor Committee, North Dakota State House of Representatives
Former Member, Joint Committee on Commerce, North Dakota State House of Representatives
Chief Operating Officer, Bioscience Association of North Dakota, 2019-present
Entrepreneur Coach/Specialist/Director, Center for Innovation, 2013-2018
President/Director of Marketing, Dakota Venture Group, 2015-2018
Manager/Buyer/Sales Associate, Pink Door Botique, 2008-2018
Sanford University Innovation Fellow, University Innovation Fellows, 2015-2017
Director of Marketing, BioScience Association of North Dakota, 2016
General Manager, Sublime Aesthetic Professionals, 2014-2016
Member, Advisory Board, Nordic Waffles, 2016-present
Member, Business Advisory Group, University of Minnesota Office for Technology Commercialization, 2015-present
Member, Chacala Cultural Foundation, 2015-present
Ambassador, East Grand Forks/Grand Forks Chamber of Commerce, 2014-present
Board Member, Grand Forks Herald Business Advisory Group, 2014-present
President/Secretary, Business and Public Administration Student Advisory Council, University of North Dakota, 2013-present
Coordinator, Special Olympics
Ex Officio Board Member, Advisory Board, Center for Innovation Foundation, 2016-2018
Lead Organizer, Startup Weekend, 2015
Lead Organizer, One Million Cups Organizer, 2014
Awards:
Ethel Torreson Stone and Charlotte Klein Torreson Entrepreneur Endowment, UND Center for Innovation Foundation, January 2015;
Thomas J. and Gayle A. Clifford Entrepreneur Endowment, UND Center for Innovation Foundation, June 2015;
40 Under 40, Prairie Business Magazine, December 2015;
University Innovation Fellow, Venture Well, March 2016