Emma Smith Cain serves with Mennonite Central Committee where she gives leadership to agency-wide efforts to evaluate the evidence of MCC’s impact and trains and mentors staff in MEAL. Previously, she served with World Vision International and Samaritan’s Purse, both in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
As a Harry S Truman Scholar, Emma earned an MA in Human Rights from University College London. In addition, Emma holds an MA in Christian Leadership from Eastern Mennonite Seminary, and she is currently pursuing a PhD in Organizational Leadership at Eastern University. Emma is a triple citizen of New Zealand, the USA, and the Osage Nation – a resilient Native American tribe based in northeastern Oklahoma. She brings all these identities to her work daily and is passionate about supporting faith-based organizations to challenge the power imbalances baked into the humanitarian system.
Emma lives in Pennsylvania with her spouse and two children.