Emily Elizabeth Douglas (born March 24, 1982) is the founder and Executive Director of Grandma's Gifts a co-founder of Experience Management Institute.

[2][3] In 1993, Emily Douglas founded Grandma's Gifts in memory of her grandmother, Norma Ackison, who passed away from breast and lung cancer in 1991 at the age of 60.

As a child, Douglas accompanied her grandmother to purchase canned goods and clothes for veterans, and at the age of six, she believed they were for her.

In the first year of Grandma's Gifts, Douglas wrote letters to her parents' friends who donated $300 to the cause, and she used the funds to purchase Christmas presents and clothes for four impoverished children in Lawrence County, Ohio.

Furthermore, she has made appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show and has received multiple awards for her work as a youth activist and young adult social entrepreneur.