Emily Miethner is a serial entrepreneur with a focus on community building, social media, and digital marketing. An educator at heart, Miethner is an award-winning professional speaker and loves sharing her expertise at conferences, events, and by teaching courses, with more than 15+ years of experience delivering engaging talks and classes both online and offline.
 

In 2018 she co-founded Travel Cat (travelcatshop.com) with her husband, now the #1 cat travel brand in the world. Miethner oversees influencer marketing, SMS and email marketing, organic digital content, retail, product development, and partnerships for the fast-growing, global 7-figure omni-channel brand. The company has served catstomers in 100+ countries and is in 1,200+ retail locations with distribution in Canada and Japan.

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The innovative products she has developed have earned top industry accolades, including being named the best cat carrier for airlines by Travel & Leisure and the best cat carrier by National Geographic. Travel Cat has also collaborated on licensing partnerships with blockbuster films featuring A-list casts, YouTube celebrities, and award-winning video games, further solidifying its status as a leader in the pet space.

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In 2021 she founded a short term rental brand in the Catskills/Hudson Valley: getawayupstate.com.

 

FindSpark (a certified Women-Owned Business Enterprise) launched in 2011 and has connected hundreds of employers to top diverse early career talent and has produced more than 300 career programs for over 33,000 young professionals and top employers including Hulu, BuzzFeed, NBCUniversal, L'Oreal, Showtime, Grey, Bustle, Ralph Lauren, and Walmart eCommerce. The community inspired career optimism in diverse early career professionals around the country, empowering them with career-changing resources and connections, online and IRL.

 

Since 2014 Miethner has taught as an Adjunct Professor at School of Visual Arts and Fashion Institute of Technology, leading career and social media classes to a range of students - from freshman to senior learners.

 

Emily is a sought-after speaker at events, conferences, and universities, where she leads dynamic talks and workshops on community building, personal branding, social media, networking, and small business marketing. She has been a featured or keynote speaker at over 150 programs for organizations and events, including Global Pet Expo, the International Youth Leaders Assembly at the United Nations, SXSW Interactive, Lean In, Sony, Columbia University, Yale University, and New York University.

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Miethner has been featured on Good Morning America, in-studio on Cheddar TV Live, in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Vice, U.S. News, Vogue, Fast Company, and more, and as a guest on 20+ podcasts.

 

Emily stays involved in her alma mater as a proud member of the Hofstra University Women in Leadership Alumni Association.