diff --git a/backend/src/serverless/microservices/python/crowd-backend/crowd/backend/models/member.py b/backend/src/serverless/microservices/python/crowd-backend/crowd/backend/models/member.py
index b4ac0afc89..7c4c6341d5 100644
--- a/backend/src/serverless/microservices/python/crowd-backend/crowd/backend/models/member.py
+++ b/backend/src/serverless/microservices/python/crowd-backend/crowd/backend/models/member.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from sqlalchemy import Column, String, DateTime, ForeignKey, Integer, Table
+from sqlalchemy import Column, String, DateTime, ForeignKey, Integer, Table, ARRAY
 from .base import Base
 from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship, validates
 from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import JSONB, UUID
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Member(Base):
     username = Column(JSONB, nullable=False)
     displayName = Column(String, nullable=True)
     attributes = Column(JSONB, default={})
-    email = Column(String)
+    emails = Column(ARRAY(String))
     score = Column(Integer, default=-1)
     joinedAt = Column(DateTime, nullable=False)
     importHash = Column(String, nullable=True)
diff --git a/backend/src/serverless/microservices/python/crowd-backend/crowd/backend/repository/keys.py b/backend/src/serverless/microservices/python/crowd-backend/crowd/backend/repository/keys.py
index a9064f2117..b81e8ad33a 100644
--- a/backend/src/serverless/microservices/python/crowd-backend/crowd/backend/repository/keys.py
+++ b/backend/src/serverless/microservices/python/crowd-backend/crowd/backend/repository/keys.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class DBKeys:
     MEMBERS = "members"
     MEMBER = "member"
     SCORE = "score"
-    EMAIL = "email"
+    EMAILS = "emails"
     TO_MERGE = "membersToMerge"
     CROWD_USERNAME = "crowdUsername"
     NO_MERGE = "noMerge"
diff --git a/backend/src/serverless/microservices/python/crowd-backend/crowd/backend/repository/repository.py b/backend/src/serverless/microservices/python/crowd-backend/crowd/backend/repository/repository.py
index a682a7e008..41f0dae46a 100644
--- a/backend/src/serverless/microservices/python/crowd-backend/crowd/backend/repository/repository.py
+++ b/backend/src/serverless/microservices/python/crowd-backend/crowd/backend/repository/repository.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def find_by_id(self, table, id):
     def find_all_usernames(self):
         with self.engine.connect() as con:
             return con.execute(
-                f"""SELECT "id", "username", "displayName", "email" from "members" WHERE "tenantId" = '{self.tenant_id}'""").fetchall()
+                f"""SELECT "id", "username", "displayName", "emails" from "members" WHERE "tenantId" = '{self.tenant_id}'""").fetchall()
 
     def find_all(
         self, table, ignore_tenant: "bool" = False, query: "dict" = None, order: "dict" = None
diff --git a/backend/src/serverless/microservices/python/crowd-check-merge-members/crowd/check_merge_members/merge_suggestions.py b/backend/src/serverless/microservices/python/crowd-check-merge-members/crowd/check_merge_members/merge_suggestions.py
index 69ea5a40f3..d1403c3aed 100644
--- a/backend/src/serverless/microservices/python/crowd-check-merge-members/crowd/check_merge_members/merge_suggestions.py
+++ b/backend/src/serverless/microservices/python/crowd-check-merge-members/crowd/check_merge_members/merge_suggestions.py
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ def find_similar_member(self, member, comparison, same_platform=False):
 
                 member.username['displayNameMember1'] = member.displayName
                 members[i].username['displayNameMember2'] = members[i].displayName
-                if member.email:
-                    member.username['email'] = member.email
-                if members[i].email:
-                    members[i].username['email'] = members[i].email
+                if len(member.emails) > 0 and len(member.emails[0]) > 0:
+                    member.username['email'] = member.emails[0]
+                if len(members[i].emails) > 0 and len(members[i].emails[0]) > 0:
+                    members[i].username['email'] = members[i].emails[0]
 
                 # Go through all platform usernames
                 member_platforms = set(member.username)