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Emily’s conservation career spans the Hawaiian archipelago. In the Northwest Hawaiian Islands’ Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument she handled management planning and partner relationships. Since joining The Nature Conservancy in 2007, Emily leads multi-site planning for community and State partners and works with community groups to strengthen community-based marine management. Emily helped launch the Maui Nui Makai Network and, in her current role as Maui Marine Program Director, works with its members to build effective models for locally-based management of near -shore waters and intertidal areas across the islands of Maui, Moloka‘i, and Lāna‘i. (Interviewed by Manuel Mejia, June 2016.)