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Emily O'Brien's Biography

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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

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