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Ari
Lynn Turner
Ari
Lynn Turner, Esq., specializes in governmental affairs, public affairs,
facilitation, and mediation. Between 1993 and 2002, Ari held progressively
responsible positions with Miami-Dade County, working directly for
Mayor Alex Penelas. Legislative experience included analyzing, evaluating
and making recommendations on all legislative and policy issues
brought before the Board of County Commissioners, and researching
and drafting legislation. Executive responsibilities included coordinating
the implementation of the Mayor’s policy agenda, developing
the Mayor’s budget message, and advising the Mayor on the
exercise of the veto. Additional policy issues that Ari has been
involved with include public safety, transportation, economic development,
community relations, information technology and telecommunications,
affordable housing, urban infill, building and zoning, ethics, and
property tax relief for elderly residents. From 1992 to 1993, Ari
was an associate in the Commercial Litigation section of the law
firm Mershon, Sawyer, Dunwody & Cole.
Ari
received her J.D. from the Columbia University School of Law in
1992, a B.A., cum laude from Case Western Reserve University in
Political Science in 1989 and has been a member of the Florida Bar
since September of 1992. She holds certificates from the following:
Harvard University Kennedy School of Government (1997 – Program
for Senior Executives in State and Local Government); Florida International
University (2002- Circuit Civil Mediation Training); and Florida
Atlantic University (2001 – Building Consensus Solutions to
Florida’s Public Problems).
Ari
serves on the board of directors of the Greater Miami Habitat for
Humanity and the Dade Community Foundation. She is also a member
of Leadership Florida, a statewide network of leaders affiliated
with the Florida Chamber of Commerce who share a commitment to connect
Florida communities and to make Florida a better place in which
to live and prosper. She also serves as an Adjunct Professor of
Administrative Law & Procedure at Florida International University’s,
School of Policy Management.
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