Sarah L Emery

Sarah L. Emery is a Program Planner with ClearPlan LLC and a seasoned program management professional specializing in government contracting. For nearly a decade, she has built and maintained schedules that align with funding requirements for multi-million and billion-dollar government contracts, ensuring compliance with federal rules and standards throughout her career. Her path into the industry began unexpectedly in the food and beverage sector, where a paperwork role at a brewery evolved into a liaison position connecting the master scheduler, production floor, and receiving departments. There, she designed her own inventory management system, a contribution that ultimately opened the door to her recruitment into government contracting at Lockheed Martin. Since then, she has held scheduling and program management roles with organizations including L3Harris Technologies, Humphreys & Associates, and National Grid, working on contracts tied to major names such as NASA, SpaceX, Northrop Grumman, and General Dynamics. Sarah holds a Bachelor of Science in Music and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, both earned at SUNY New Paltz, and she credits this dual academic foundation with shaping the way she approaches complex business structures and human dynamics alike. She describes her career as driven by an instinct to contribute and support others, treating each scheduling challenge like a puzzle to be solved with precision and efficiency. Having navigated a male-dominated field for much of her career, she has become a vocal advocate for women entering government contracting, urging them to remain confident and true to their character rather than adopting more aggressive styles to be heard. She now channels this perspective into a podcast currently in development, drawing on her firsthand experiences to guide and encourage the next generation of women in the industry. Outside of her professional work, Sarah is a mother of four and finds meaning in causes close to her heart, including breast cancer awareness, inspired by the loss of two close friends to the disease at a young age. An avid animal lover and former assistant manager at a humane society, she is a committed supporter of pet adoption and shares her home with two dogs and two cats. In her limited free time, she turns to creative outlets such as playing piano, painting, drawing, and journaling, and has authored a completed women's fiction novel under a pen name, drawing on her own experiences with identity, heartbreak, and self-discovery. Across both her career and personal pursuits, Sarah is defined by a consistent commitment to growth, authenticity, and lifting up the people around her.