Kristi H Turner

Author and CEO

Kristi Turner is a bestselling author, C-level executive, thought leader, consultant, and mentor. She also happens to be mother of two, aunt to 14, sister, friend, daughter, and wife. By honoring every role and recognizing the relational benefits between them, her climb to Chief Marketing Officer in the heavily male-dominated private equity and venture capital funded high-growth technology industry is a lesson of courage, resilience, perseverance, and integrity.
Turner provides counsel to executive teams, investment firms and boards on brand, marketing, product design, customer operations, smart diversity, and employee culture. She has worked with some of the top retail, telecom and financial brands including Target, Walmart, Apple, T-Mobile, AT&T, American Express, and Visa. Her favorite roles were guiding entrepreneurial companies from start-ups to multi-million high-growth companies. Turner has managed multiple companies through high growth, mergers, acquisitions, and crisis management. Turner has been interviewed and published in 50-plus publications and podcasts including Forbes and has coached C-suite executives for media and on-stage presentations. Turner is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award for Top Women in Restaurant Technology as well as a Bronze Winner for promoting diversity at the 15th Annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business.
As a mentor, coach, and difference maker, Turner guides leaders and individuals through her Rethink Everything process in each unique season of life and business. Her radical simplicity and contagious energy inspire companies and individuals to adopt a different kind of leadership—one that delivers improved bottom-line results while making a difference in their community, and in their sphere of influence.