Robert Leonard has more than 30 years as a firefighter, officer and EMT, and has led communications for large and small emergency service agencies, including serving as the FDNY’s deputy director of public information and deputy press secretary for Uniformed and Emergency Services to the Mayor of the City of New York. He is a senior executive at a national public relations firm, leading the public safety and local government practice, and chairs the Public Relations committee for the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York. Leonard is a nationally recognized author and lecturer on media relations and crisis communications for the emergency services.