diff --git a/static/app/components/selectMembers/index.tsx b/static/app/components/selectMembers/index.tsx
index 6b85552f4c20d1..277c45df84a7ad 100644
--- a/static/app/components/selectMembers/index.tsx
+++ b/static/app/components/selectMembers/index.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ type Props = {
   onChange: (value: any) => any;
   organization: Organization;
   value: any;
+  ariaLabel?: string;
   disabled?: boolean;
   onInputChange?: (value: any) => any;
   placeholder?: string;
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ class SelectMembers extends Component<Props, State> {
   };
 
   render() {
-    const {placeholder, styles} = this.props;
+    const {placeholder, styles, ariaLabel} = this.props;
 
     // If memberList is still loading we need to disable a placeholder Select,
     // otherwise `react-select` will call `loadOptions` and prematurely load
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ class SelectMembers extends Component<Props, State> {
 
     return (
       <StyledSelectControl
+        aria-label={ariaLabel}
         filterOption={(option: FilterOption<MentionableUser>, filterText: string) =>
           option?.data?.searchKey?.indexOf(filterText) > -1
         }
diff --git a/static/app/views/automations/components/actions/email.tsx b/static/app/views/automations/components/actions/email.tsx
index 822c465e6df18f..6aa793df930adc 100644
--- a/static/app/views/automations/components/actions/email.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/automations/components/actions/email.tsx
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ function IdentifierField() {
     return (
       <SelectWrapper>
         <SelectMembers
-          aria-label={t('User')}
+          ariaLabel={t('User')}
           organization={organization}
           key={`${actionId}.config.targetIdentifier`}
           value={action.config.targetIdentifier}
diff --git a/static/app/views/automations/components/automationFormData.tsx b/static/app/views/automations/components/automationFormData.tsx
index 602cd4cc5ca628..a49a12b974b7cd 100644
--- a/static/app/views/automations/components/automationFormData.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/automations/components/automationFormData.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type {FieldValue} from 'sentry/components/forms/model';
 import {t} from 'sentry/locale';
-import type {Action} from 'sentry/types/workflowEngine/actions';
+import {ActionType, type Action} from 'sentry/types/workflowEngine/actions';
 import type {Automation, NewAutomation} from 'sentry/types/workflowEngine/automations';
 import type {DataCondition} from 'sentry/types/workflowEngine/dataConditions';
 import {actionNodesMap} from 'sentry/views/automations/components/actionNodes';
@@ -35,8 +35,18 @@ const stripSubfilterId = (subfilter: any) => {
   return subfilterWithoutId;
 };
 
-const stripActionId = (action: any) => {
+const stripActionFields = (action: Action) => {
   const {id: _id, ...actionWithoutId} = action;
+
+  // Strip targetDisplay from email action config
+  if (action.type === ActionType.EMAIL && action.config) {
+    const {targetDisplay: _targetDisplay, ...configWithoutTargetDisplay} = action.config;
+    return {
+      ...actionWithoutId,
+      config: configWithoutTargetDisplay,
+    };
+  }
+
   return actionWithoutId;
 };
 
@@ -45,7 +55,7 @@ const stripDataConditionGroupId = (group: any) => {
   return {
     ...groupWithoutId,
     conditions: group.conditions?.map(stripDataConditionId) || [],
-    actions: group.actions?.map(stripActionId) || [],
+    actions: group.actions?.map(stripActionFields) || [],
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/static/app/views/automations/new.spec.tsx b/static/app/views/automations/new.spec.tsx
index d995be094db98c..f54d37a183ed56 100644
--- a/static/app/views/automations/new.spec.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/automations/new.spec.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import {AutomationFixture} from 'sentry-fixture/automations';
+import {MemberFixture} from 'sentry-fixture/member';
 import {OrganizationFixture} from 'sentry-fixture/organization';
+import {UserFixture} from 'sentry-fixture/user';
 import {
   ActionHandlerFixture,
   DataConditionHandlerFixture,
@@ -18,6 +20,9 @@ import AutomationNewSettings from 'sentry/views/automations/new';
 
 describe('AutomationNewSettings', () => {
   const organization = OrganizationFixture({features: ['workflow-engine-ui']});
+  const mockMember = MemberFixture({
+    user: UserFixture({id: '1', name: 'Moo Deng', email: 'moo.deng@sentry.io'}),
+  });
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     MockApiClient.clearMockResponses();
@@ -32,6 +37,11 @@ describe('AutomationNewSettings', () => {
           handlerGroup: ActionGroup.NOTIFICATION,
           integrations: [{id: '1', name: 'My Slack Workspace'}],
         }),
+        ActionHandlerFixture({
+          type: ActionType.EMAIL,
+          handlerGroup: ActionGroup.NOTIFICATION,
+          integrations: [],
+        }),
       ],
     });
 
@@ -63,11 +73,16 @@ describe('AutomationNewSettings', () => {
       ],
     });
 
-    // Users endpoint fetched by AutomationBuilder for member selectors
+    // Users/members endpoints fetched by AutomationBuilder for member selectors
     MockApiClient.addMockResponse({
       url: `/organizations/${organization.slug}/users/`,
       method: 'GET',
-      body: [],
+      body: [mockMember],
+    });
+    MockApiClient.addMockResponse({
+      url: `/organizations/${organization.slug}/members/`,
+      method: 'GET',
+      body: [mockMember],
     });
 
     // Detectors list used by EditConnectedMonitors inside the form
@@ -107,6 +122,17 @@ describe('AutomationNewSettings', () => {
     await selectEvent.select(screen.getByRole('textbox', {name: 'Add action'}), 'Slack');
     await userEvent.type(screen.getByRole('textbox', {name: 'Target'}), '#alerts');
 
+    // Add an email action
+    await selectEvent.select(
+      screen.getByRole('textbox', {name: 'Add action'}),
+      'Notify on preferred channel'
+    );
+    await selectEvent.select(
+      screen.getByRole('textbox', {name: 'Notification target type'}),
+      'Member'
+    );
+    await selectEvent.select(screen.getByRole('textbox', {name: 'User'}), 'Moo Deng');
+
     // Submit the form
     await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', {name: 'Create Alert'}));
 
@@ -115,7 +141,7 @@ describe('AutomationNewSettings', () => {
         expect.anything(),
         expect.objectContaining({
           data: {
-            name: 'Notify #alerts via Slack',
+            name: 'Notify #alerts via Slack, Notify Moo Deng',
             triggers: {
               logicType: 'any-short',
               conditions: [
@@ -148,6 +174,15 @@ describe('AutomationNewSettings', () => {
                     data: {},
                     status: 'active',
                   },
+                  {
+                    type: 'email',
+                    config: {
+                      targetType: 'user',
+                      targetIdentifier: '1',
+                    },
+                    data: {},
+                    status: 'active',
+                  },
                 ],
               },
             ],