Emily Hawkes joined the Bipartisan Policy Center in May 2006. Previously, she spent two years in Western Canada (Saskatchewan & Alberta) where she worked at a non-profit organization dedicated to aiding children and families struggling with emotional, psychiatric and developmental disorders. During that time, Hawkes also worked and volunteered at a Psychiatric Hospital in Alberta, Canada. Emily received a B.A. in psychology from Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut in 2004. She and her husband, Konn, reside in Arlington, Virginia.