Analyst, Emily Connor is a member of the Hunden analyst team. She works alongside the analyst team to complete robust market and submarket research and analytics, economic and demographic research, comparable and competitive profiles, and stakeholder interviews for a variety of project types. She has contributed work to a variety of studies, including for mixed-use and innovation districts, tourism master plans, convention centers, hotels and other projects throughout the United States, with a primary focus in the South and Midwest.
Emily is from Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated with a BS in Business Management from Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business, with a concentration in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology. During her tenure at Virginia Tech, she competed on the women’s track and field team and devoted 20+ hours a week to practice, train, and compete. Emily was also heavily involved in the student-athlete experience by representing the school as an executive member on Virginia Tech Athletics Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and Virginia Tech Athletics Leadership Institute. Prior to joining Hunden Partners, Emily operated Erie Gear, a lifestyle company which she founded in 2016 and managed to much success for seven years, in addition to serving on the sales management team for PepsiCo/Frito Lay.