Board Member, Emily Schlichting: Born and raised in Nebraska (or Corn-Born, in her words), Emily's life revolves around politics, service and words. Emily has worked at the Center for American Progress in Washington DC. On the issue on health care reform, Emily has shared her story here in Nebraska, worked with Young Invincibles, the White House and testified in front of the US Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee on behalf of young Americans. In addition to working on her dual Political Science and Communication Studies degrees at UNL, Emily serves as the speaker of the student senate and as founder/director of the Plus One Nebraska campaign to bring Employee +1 benefits to the University of Nebraska. She is also a 2011 Truman Scholar. As for spare time, well... it's spent sleeping
