EMA ARCHITECTURE - Key Persons

Corey Omey

Job Titles:
  • Architect
  • Owner

Deb Omey

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager

Jake Brown

Job Titles:
  • Designer
Qualifications CPHC Education University of Oregon, Bachelors of Architecture, 2020 Hobbies Biking SE Portland, enjoying local food & drink, watching & playing soccer, backpacking, foraging and experiencing the great PNW! Bio Jake is a Portland native, born and raised on the eastside. In 2015, he was accepted to the University of Oregon where he went on to receive his Bachelors of Architecture with a minor in Planning, Public Policy, and Non-Profit Management (PPPM). Jake is deeply interested in our regional food systems, and hopes for a future where everyone has access to locally grown and produced foodstuffs. You can find him Sundays at the Montavilla farmers market with TRE-FIN Dayboat Seafood, slinging sustainable and ethically caught goods from Oregon's North Coast.

Jenn Lanius

Job Titles:
  • Architect
  • Associate
  • Project Manager
Qualifications LEED Accredited Professional, BD+C , Architect Education University of Oregon, Masters of Architecture and Ecological Design Certificate, 2012 Ball State University, Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design, 2007 Hobbies Remodeling her 1915 home with her husband, Backpacking, Biking, Gardening, Crafting Bio Jenn is a LEED Accredited Professional working on and licensed architect in Oregon. Her interests in community-focused affordable housing and food security stem from research and studies of favelas in Brazil alongside her love for gardening and living self-sufficiently. Jenn seeks to design and work collaboratively in a way that empowers people to (re)use local resources and to share knowledge to solve socio-economic problems while making beautiful, inspiring, and engaging spaces for all. Her work on multiple types and scales of projects includes Astoria Food Hub, Powell's Books, Amity Reuse, Penner-Ash Winery Addition, Eagle's Nest Winery, Idiot's Grace Winery & Tasting Room, A to Z / Rex Hill Wines, multiple ADUs, and private residences and remodels. Her ongoing distraction is a remodel of her own century-old house. As a volunteer board member for the Build Local Alliance and volunteer with Solar Oregon, she helps to create educational, fun events focused on local wood and solar energy. Drastic landscapes and the sustainably-minded culture of Portland brought this Midwest transplant to Oregon in 2008 from the flat corn fields of central Indiana. The Pacific Northwest outdoors beckons after working on remodels at work and home. She enjoys backpacking, commuting and camping by bike, fermenting and wild-harvesting all things, and crafting furniture or artsy projects with repurposed materials.

Scott Dufreche

Job Titles:
  • Designer

Thea Lanius

Job Titles:
  • Chief Moral Support Officer
  • Chief Morale Officer
Qualifications WOOF Accredited Professional Education University of Canine Assistance, Bachelor of Arts in Human Companionship, 2019 Hobbies Greeting new people, taking naps, eating sticks Bio Althea "Thea" is a WOOF Accredited Professional and is Chief Morale Officer at EMA. She is passionate about treats, her nap schedule, getting along with everyone, and loves meeting other canine friends. Thea seeks to collaboratively lighten the mood of everyone she meets, loves pets, and goes with the flow. She has received office-wide accolades for her behavior: at only a few months old she is already able to roll over, sit, lie down, and shake.