Viking Connections: Emily Drake
Emily Drake owns a career and leadership development company called The Collective Academy. Her company works with clients like the George W. Bush Presidential Center, MacArthur Foundation, Kirkland & Ellis and Aetna to create transformative programming for their employees and stakeholders.
"I've changed careers a number of times, landing most recently on owning my own business where I've grown income by 50% in the last year. It's most important to start and nothing is in a straight line; I'd like to offer that encouragement to students."
Graduation year: 2001
Major: English
Minors: Spanish, Speech Communication
Post-grad: Master's in Mental Health Counseling
Campus activities: Alpha Phi Omega (president), SAGA Art & Literary magazine (editor)
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