Emily Schmitt is in the third generation of family active in Sukup Manufacturing Co., the largest family-owned, full-line grain drying and storage equipment manufacturer in the country.

She serves as CAO and General Counsel for the company, which employs more than 700. Emily earned a bachelor’s degree in business management from Iowa State University in 2008, and went on to earn a Juris Doctorate from the University of Iowa College of Law with high honors in 2011.

As CAO and general counsel, she manages a wide variety of legal issues including intellectual property, litigation, public policy, and human resources.

Emily promotes and speaks on the Sukup Safe T Home®, a hurricane-proof home the company manufactures, with more than 500 homes in Haiti and around the world. She also serves on numerous boards of directors at the local and state level. Emily and her husband Andy reside in Clear Lake, Iowa, with their two daughters.