Director
Meta
Emily Vacher joined Meta in 2011 and is currently a Director with the Trust & Safety (Legal) team. She is responsible for managing law enforcement relations, law enforcement and security policy matters, and law enforcement outreach and education. Emily leads on counter-terrorism issues, critical incident response and she created and manages Meta’s global AMBER Alert program. Prior to joining Facebook, Emily was a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for more than a decade, leading a broad range of federal investigations. Specializing in Crimes Against Children matters, Emily served on the Innocent Images National Response Team, the Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Team, and served as a supervisor in the Undercover and Sensitive Operations Unit. Emily was an FBI legal advisor, a National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime coordinator, and a member of the FBI’s Operational Medicine Program. Emily is a member of the executive board at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) as well as a member of NCMEC’s Team ADAM and Project Alert. Prior to the FBI, she was an attorney in private practice in New York. Emily holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University, an MS degree from the Syracuse University School of Education, an MPA from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and a JD from the Syracuse University College of Law.
Monday, August 12, 2024
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM CT