Robbie Turner lives in Emerald Hills, California in San Mateo County. She grew up in Georgia, moved to Texas after graduate school and then moved to the Bay Area in 1996. She is an avid scuba diver and underwater photographer. Robbie is currently a board member of the Northern California Underwater Photographic Society, a "501(c)(3) non-profit" organization which promotes interest in underwater photography and videography while promoting awareness of the underwater environment and pertinent ecological issues.

Since early 2007, Robbie has been a regular volunteer for Peninsula Habitat for Humanity where she photographs jobsite progress and volunteers working for use in marketing the organization.

Robbie was formerly an executive of Sun Microsystems. While at Sun, she held several key executive positions, including VP of Support & Software Services Product Management, VP of Services Strategy, Planning & Development, VP of Client and Technical Computing Products and various other positions in marketing, sales operations and finance. Prior to Sun, she worked in Dallas for Frito-Lay, Inc. in various IT and Financial positions.

She holds an M.B.A. and a Masters of Decision Sciences from Georgia State University.