bios: Emily Turner

As Spaeth’s Vice President, she counsels clients on how to avoid or manage crises, trains spokespeople with Spaeth’s copyrighted techniques, and works on integrated communications plans and a broad range of other initiatives. She has unusually deep experience in the construction and related industries. Last year alone she prepared and introduced a crisis media policy and trained over one hundred senior and mid level managers to be frontline crisis and community spokespersons for one of the world’s largest construction companies. Additionally, she has served as a spokesperson for clients facing crises.

Emily started at Spaeth Communications with a background in state government and public information as Florida’s statewide coordinator for Operation Lifesaver, a national program to increase public awareness for safety on railway tracks. As an associate at Spaeth, Emily became an expert in the highly specialized written materials such as biographies, opinion pieces and speeches. She worked on issues such as telecommunications deregulation and on quick-response projects in areas like healthcare. She undertook a communication audit for a publishing company using the firm’s Influence Model™ to produce virtually real-time feedback for the top executives.

Emily was lured to a corporate career in New York City where she worked for Deloitte & Touche. She was chosen to help launch a completely new, live Webcast series titled Dbriefs. Emily served as the content coordinator and was in charge of a broad range of initiatives, from the quarterly production schedule to producing the series program guide. She tapped into her presentations skills training background and assisted each speaker in preparing for their live Webcasts. The combination of the interactive format and live programming was a success, and now Dbriefs is a centerpiece of the firm’s marketing efforts for the tax practice.

After getting Dbriefs off the ground, Emily returned to her home state of Florida and Spaeth Communications. Emily has a degree in media studies from Florida State University’s College of Communication. She and her husband David, an actor and professor, and their toddler son, live in Tallahassee.