Emer is the manager of the Association of Participating Service Users at Self Help Addiction Resource Centre (SHARC). APSU is the Victorian peak body for people with lived experience of accessing alcohol and other drug services including family members and supporters.

Emer works in a designated lived experience role. She uses her experience supporting a young person with alcohol and drug challenges through the justice, health and education system to drive service and system change.

Emer brings 30 years of experience in the not-for-profit sector to her role as APSU Manager at SHARC including as a campaigner, policy advisor, fundraiser and project lead in Australia and overseas. She has worked on diverse issues and projects in health, disability, education, labour rights and corporate responsibility. Emer studied Community Development and tackles all projects through a lens of collective action. inclusion, social justice, human rights, and empowerment.