Emma Lynn Dowd is a true professional who is passionate about what she does. She prides herself on her customer service skills and creating a trusted bond between her and her clients. She listens to her clients and customizes her services based upon what they need and what will benefit them the most. She despises high pressure sales tactics and believes in transparency when it comes to business. Throughout the years her clients, co-workers and friends have often said she’s one of the easiest people to work. She’s a well documented “go getter” always shooting for the stars for herself, her family, her friends and clients. Her word is her bond and her reliability shines with everything she commits too, Her quirky and lovable personality makes her the perfect person to work with.
Emma’s list of professions is diverse. She’s been in the art/entertainment industry for almost 25 years. She’s worked with an international touring rock band which allowed her to work with some the industries top giants and legends. She owns an online radio station she co-created in 2012. Today she sells a variety of insurance products, LegalShield subscriptions, a notary and a life coach. Within the last decade worked as a copy writer and publicist for a PR firm called “Eclectic Media Productions”. She even worked with various professional wrestling organizations throughout the Tampa Bay Area. She is the host of her own radio show “The Emma Lynn Dowd Show” where she discusses a variety of topics and interviews with top influencers and celebrities.
Outside of work Emma volunteers at the Hernando Historical Museum Association where she became the Volunteer Coordinator in December of 2023 and was elected to the Board of Directors in September of 2023.
Emma’s private life starts in Bristol Connecticut where she was born. Her family moved to Florida in December of 1989. She excelled in school and graduated from Land O Lakes High School. In 1997 after graduating high school she attended ITT Technical Institute where she graduated with honors with a Bachelors degree in drafting and design. She currently calls Tampa Bay Florida her home with her spouse and dogs. She’s a massive animal lover who advocates for the safety and rights of animals everywhere. When she’s not working she loves to read classic books, shop, go to amusement parks, travel, go to sporting events, and hang out with her friends and family. Just recently she picked up the bass guitar and plans to be proficient in playing the instrument.
Accomplishments and Experience
2024 – Life Coaching Certification
2024 – Florida State Insurance Agent License
2023 – First honored intersex by the Mayor of Stamford, CT for National Intersex Awareness Day
2023 – Executive Board Member of the Hernando Historical Museum Association
2023 – Volunteer Coordinator of the Hernando Historical Museum Association
My Story – Why Insurance?
If you would have told me “Emma you will be following in your father’s footsteps in selling insurance” just a year ago I would have told you that you’re insane. However it took two major events over the last 12 years for me to change my mind. In 2016 at the age of 43 my spouse suffered a stroke. In 2022 and 2023 one of my parents suffered two heart attacks and other medical conditions. Both were unexpected and both changed their quality of life in some way. The financial devastation that arose in both cases was life changing. Savings were exhausted, staggering medical bills and declined income put us in a sleeperhold, suffocating us all. Had we invested a few dollars a month into some living benefit plans, better health insurance we would be in a much different place right now.
I was not someone who was “excited” about selling for a career. However when I was offered a job selling insurance, the exact plans that would have protected us from going down the path we were given, it was a no brainer. In life three things are absolute. Food, Taxes and Death. You can’t escape any of these. So what I am selling isn’t something we want but can’t afford, what I sell is something we NEED and should budget now because life doesn’t discriminate. Nobody is safe because of their age, race or gender. I don’t want anyone to be in the position I am now so with some planning I can change the fate of my community one person, one family at a time.
Favorite Quote(s)
A dream is a wish your heart makes when you’re fast asleep – Disney
You can’t be defeated WITHOUT your permission – Emma
The only thing in life we truly fear is the unknown. So learn about whatever it is and try to face it, then it won’t be something you fear anymore. – Emma