Speaker Profile

Emily White
Senior Director of Local, Facebook

Emily White, senior director of local, joined Facebook in September 2010, leading efforts on the business side to engage with local businesses and users. Prior to Facebook, White was at Google for 10 years, joining as the first person on the sales and operations side of the AdWords product. During her time at Google, White was responsible for a variety of efforts, running emerging business teams, Asia Pacific and Latin America online sales and operations, and Google’s North America AdWords online sales and operations team. She also managed Google’s Women’s Leadership Community (WLC), an organization focused on attracting, growing and retaining top female talent.

Emily was recently named as “One to Watch” in Fortune magazine. Prior to Google, she worked in business development for Achex, a person-to-person payment start-up.

White is a graduate of Vanderbilt University..