Emily Soccorsy
Owner + Lead Brand Strategist
Root + River
Emily Soccorsy [So-KOR-SEE] believes branding is how people experience your soul. She is the owner and lead brand strategist of Root + River, a brand strategy and content team. Emily guides leaders to uncover the foundations of their brand: message, audience, differentiators, and overall brand strategy. Working with national and international clients like Verizon, Amazon, YMCA, Marriott, and ASPCA, she loves to challenge dogmatic thinking, infuse art into strategy and encourage leaders to go inward. A former journalist and publisher, she is the co-author of the book, Rooting Up: Essays on Modern Branding, and holds a master's degree in nonfiction writing. She’s also been an award-winning community journalist and is a two-time Sun Devil 100 honoree. She's mom to two daughters, and partner to her husband, who is a nonprofit executive. She is a lifelong Arizonan, a community volunteer and supporter of other female entrepreneurs. Emily serves on the advisory board of Ellivate Alliance, a community of brave women entrepreneurs who are channeling their feminine wisdom to run businesses, create social change and find joy in who they are and what they do.
