Employee Spotlight: Emily McDermott

Project Manager Emily McDermott is a marketing powerhouse serving our Baltimore and Maryland clients with true dedication. As a recent Van Eperen Employee of the Month, we posed a few questions to this rock star to learn more about her!

When did you start with Van Eperen?

April 5, 2017

How long have you lived in Maryland?

The easy answer is most of my life. My family moved to Baltimore County from Philly when I was two. We moved to Franklin Lakes, New Jersey for one year for my Dad’s job, and then back to Maryland until I graduated high school and went to North Carolina for college. I was back in Baltimore for a year after graduation before moving down to Atlanta. Five years ago I came back home.

How long have your worked in communications?

14 years

What hobby would you get into if time and money weren’t an issue?

World travel

Choose your superpower, what will it be?

Teleportation

Favorite candy?

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

What is your biggest life goals?

To live a happy life and leave the world a better place than I found it.

What’s your favorite quote?

Be the change you want to see in the world

To thine own self be true

Be kind

First thing you bought with your own money?

It wasn’t the first thing I bought with my own money, but when I earned my first career promotion, I purchased a GORGEOUS pair of Christian Louboutin camel patent leather Mary Jane peep toe heels.

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