Emily is a principal in Baker Tilly's risk advisory practice. She has more than 15 years of experience working in healthcare and IT risk advisory. She is Baker Tilly’s national Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) market leader and leads many HIPAA and cybersecurity-related engagements. Emily’s expertise includes SOC readiness assessments and SOC 1, SOC 2 and SOC 3 report projects across a wide variety of frameworks, including ISO 27001 and HITRUST. As a certified HITRUST quality professional, she ensures engagement execution meets internal quality assurance requirements and HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF) Assurance Program requirements.
- Performs quality assurance reviews (QAR), providing advice on implementation of leading IIA practices and assessing direct compliance with relevant regulations
- Performs SOC readiness (Gap) assessments for SOC1 and SOC2 and is specifically trained in cloud environments
- Plans, performs and executes SOC1, SOC2 and SOC3 report projects across a wide variety of industries and frameworks including ISO 27001 and HITRUST
- Performs consulting services to plan, develop, execute and improve internal control procedures for suitability of design and operational effectiveness
- Performs information privacy and security reviews, focusing on current information privacy and security policies, procedures and practices, and the monitoring mechanisms in place to identify new information privacy and security laws and regulations
- HITRUST External Assessor Council member, 2022-2025
- HITRUST Assessor Council – AI Working Group, 2024
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), National Accreditation Commission Committee member, 2021-2024
- Toastmasters North Shore Badgers: member, 2016-2023; secretary, 2019-2021; webmaster and vice president of public relations, 2017-2019
- Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) Milwaukee Chapter: president, 2020 and 2019; vice president, 2018; education and programs director, 2017
- Baker Tilly supporting opportunity, advancement and recognition (SOAR) WIT committee
- PwC Alumni Association
- AICPA Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP) Exam Study Group content delivery and facilitator, 2021-2024
- AICPA Eye on Technology content delivery and assistance, 2020-2021
- AICPA Blockchain Fundamental Program content delivery and assistance, 2018
- Toastmaster Area Table Topics, first place, 2020
- AICPA Information Management and Technology Assurance Standing Ovation Recognition Program award recipient, 2018
