Emily Blackmer

As Director of Government and Community Affairs, Emily Blackmer leads SBC’s efforts to protect and advance the well-being of the Sierra Nevada through policy advocacy, legislative engagement, and coalition-building across the region and the state.

Emily brings expertise in the region’s natural resource and climate policy and a deeply-held commitment to advancing the triple-bottom-line mission in rural regions. She previously worked on policy and strategy for the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, a California state agency. Emily holds a master’s degree in Natural Resource Policy from the University of Michigan, where her research focused on the ties between economic development and land stewardship in the rural West, and a B.A. in Anthropology from Dartmouth College. 

Originally from New Hampshire, in 2014 Emily swapped that rural forested region for the Sierra, where the trees are taller, the mountains are bigger, and the snow is much, much deeper.