Emily Myers
Senior Director, Advancement Solutions
2019–2023
Get to Know Emily Myers
What’s one Slate thing you are proud of?
I’m proud of my ability to translate items from different instance types – leveraging my Advancement background and interpreting how items used in Advancement can be helpful in Admissions and vice versa. Slate provides many of the same building blocks in both instance types and I enjoy finding ways to configure them to help my clients get the most out of Slate.
How did you first come to Slate?
I never envisioned becoming a Slate Captain! Throughout my 10 years in higher education, I worked in different capacities in both Annual Giving and Alumni Relations roles. During my time as the Alumni Engagement Director at Mount St. Mary’s University, it became more and more apparent that we couldn’t do our jobs efficiently trying to piece together 7+ systems to meet the needs of the university and our constituents. Our admissions team had recently implemented Slate and our CIO encouraged us to look at Slate Advancement as our solution. I helped lead the implementation of the university’s Slate Advancement database (the 8th Slate Advancement database at the time) and quickly found a way to incorporate Slate into every daily operation.
When you're not Slating, what are you doing?
While Slate may always be on my mind, when I’m not in Slate you can find me walking my dog (we’re serious walkers – 4 to 5 miles a day), listing to Taylor Swift, trying new recipes (I love to cook), and teaching in the history department at my alma mater.