General Associate

Elizabeth Embry joined the office in 2024 from the Office of the Attorney General, where she served as a Special Assistant Attorney General, Chief of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and Chief of the Criminal Division. Elizabeth has twenty years of legal experience in local and state government.

Elizabeth serves both in the Office of University Counsel and in the President’s Office as Director of Special Projects. Her legal duties include providing advice and counsel to the UMB Community Engagement Center, and the Office of Academic Affairs, as well as assisting with risk management, employment and other matters.

Elizabeth received a bachelor’s degree in Ethics, Politics and Economics from Yale University and a JD from the Columbia University School of Law.