Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ya kasance mai aiki a cikin wasu kamfen na siyasa na gaba, gami da yin aiki a matsayin manajan kamfen na California na Bill Clinton a 1992. Bayan da aka zabi Clinton, Emerson ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin a Fadar White House, a matsayin mataimakin darektan harkokin gwamnati inda ya yi aiki a matsayin haɗin kai ga gwamnonin ƙasar, kuma ya daidaita ƙoƙarin gwamnatin don samun amincewar majalisa na Uruguay Round na yarjejeniyar cinikayya ta GATT. Emerson ya kasance sananne ne game da aikinsa a matsayin shugaban shugaban shugaban kasa a cikin magance matsalolin California, ciki har da sakamakon da ya faru.
Girgizar kasa ta Northridge a shekara ta 1994. Daga baya ya yi aiki a Capital Group Companies, wani kamfanin gudanar da harkokin zuba jari na kasa da kasa da ke Los Angeles, inda ya zama shugaban sabis na abokan ciniki masu zaman kansu, yana aiki a wannan matsayi na shekaru 16.