Emily is a Real Estate and Venture Capital partner in the San Francisco office of PwC. She has over 20 years of experience serving clients with PwC. She has worked on several clients including public/private real estate investment trusts (“REITs”), private real estate funds, hotel operators, commercial and residential owners, operators and developers and mortgage lending institutions. Prior to coming to San Francisco, Emily worked in PwC’s National Office in the SEC Services group for two years, where she consulted with clients on matters of accounting, auditing and financial reporting. In the San Francisco office, Emily is the Market Team Leader for one of the Financial Services assurance teams running the people, business and operations of that team. She is also the assurance partner champion for the San Francisco Women’s Inclusion Network. Emily received a Bachelor of Science in Management degree in accounting from Tulane University. She is a CPA licensed in the states of California and Texas and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Laura Ullrich is a senior regional economist at the Charlotte branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Previously, Ullrich was associate dean for undergraduate programs and a professor of economics at Winthrop University. She earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Georgia and a master's and doctorate in economics from the University of Tennessee. Prior to graduate school, she worked as a business consultant for Ernst & Young, specializing in executive compensation determination. In 2014, she served as a Fulbright Scholar teaching economics in Kosovo and has spent considerable time working on local economic development issues in Bolivia. Ullrich's research interests include higher education, school finance reform, local and state level tax and expenditure analyses, and the economic impact of local development. Ullrich is a member of the Aspen Institute Global Leadership Network via the South Carolina Liberty Fellowship. She is also an active member of her community, currently serving on the Executive Committee of the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance and the board of the Catawba Regional Council of Governments. She also serves on the board of Family Promise of York County, the Rock Hill Technology Incubator, the Carolina Immigrant Alliance, and the Winthrop Eagle Club.