Emily Baxter, Director, Contracts

Emily Baxter, BA, JD, began as the Director, Contracts for ORSP, effective April 1, 2024. Emily was selected from a competitive interview pool of candidates nationwide.

After graduating cum laude from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, Emily gained additional legal experience, ranging from her work as a law clerk for a judge on the Missouri Court of Appeals, and later as an associate attorney for a firm in southeast Michigan.

In 2013, Emily joined ORSP as an Assistant Project Representative and advanced to her most recent role as an Assistant Managing Project Representative of a segment of the private sponsors' team. In this role, Emily has been a highly engaged leader, mentor, and colleague:

• Honing her skills as a contract negotiator, supervisor, and subject matter expert in several areas 
• Working with both private and government sponsors in pre- and post-award work
• Initiated a kata practice to develop internal guides and resource documents, expanding this to colleagues to continue it as a professional development and continuous improvement activity. 
• Served on and contributed to committees within ORSP, OVPR, and U-M including ORSP’s diversity equity and inclusion (DEI) committee, OVPR COI and Export Controls Review Committee, and U-M’s Voices of the Staff

Emily will report to Andrea Anderson, Executive Director, Sponsored Projects. 

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