FTI Consulting has recruited Edelman senior VP Mitzi Emrich to be managing director in the firm’s Washington, D.C., strategic communications unit, charged with developing FTI’s social media capabilities.
Edward Reilly, who heads FTI’s global strategic comms. unit, said Emrich’s skills “will be critical to building out our digital and social media offering.”
Emrich was a group head in Edelman’s digital practice since 2008. She previously held posts focused on digital, PR and government relations at The Saint Consulting Group, Sierra Club, and American Counsel for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
She is also an adjunct professor of digital communications at Georgetown Univ.