Emily Spence is a Associate Dean for Community Partnerships and Practice at University of North Texas Health Science Center College of Public Health. Colleagues describe her as "I've had the pleasure of benefiting from Emily's expertise over many years. Her evaluations at The Salvation Army Metroplex Command and throughout Tarrant County's Directions Home programs, her work thoughtful, meaningful and useful for individual organizations as well as on a community wide basis. She is a tremendous asset to Tarrant County service organizations, enabling us to apply best practices, improve our programs and make lives better for individuals and their families." and "Emily and I worked together developing and implementing a 17 training project. I was consistenly impressed by her knowledge, experience, and with how well she organized and managed all of the "moving parts" if this project. What probably was most striking, though was her ability to conceptulize and grasp the "big picture" and then communicate this in a way that made it possible for our work group to share this vision and make it a reality. I highly recommend Emily, she's one of the best of the best!"