As controller at Rose Community Foundation, Emma Schwarz is primarily responsible for maintaining the accuracy and integrity of the Foundation’s financial records. Prior to joining the Foundation, she held various positions in accounting and management in the for-profit sector. While working full time, she also helped run her family business with her husband.

Schwarz serves on the finance committee for Latino Community Foundation of Colorado and has volunteered with Jewish Family Service.

Schwarz received her bachelor’s degree in business administration and accounting from Columbia College in 2006. She also studied mathematics and economics in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, where she was born. She recently completed her certificate program for Nonprofit Financial Success from Cornell University.