Amy’s key to transformational success as a principal in school communities is her unwavering drive to always do what is best for children by collaboratively strategizing how to markedly improve staff and student culture, which paves the way for her schools to make significant academic gains as measured by state assessments. Notably known as a servant leader Amy carefully listens to and engages others through authentic collaboration, shared leadership, and grit. Amy has served as a teacher; gifted & talented program manager and professional developer; strategic planning director, principal mentor; adjunct professor; and worked on special assignments leading comprehensive public education transformation projects. As a senior leader, she, and her team developed/delivered learning to 30,000 teachers, managers, and executive leaders within a privately held early childhood education corporation. An ardent volunteer, Amy has led nonprofit organizations as a member of the board of directors, serving both as vice president, and president in four organizations.

Very recently, in 2023,  Amy presented at 3 international conferences and taught together with Tatyana Tsyrlina-Spady as a guest professor at the University of Turin in Italy. She serves on a non-profit board raising funds for homeless Veterans and is a volunteer advocate for children with special needs. She has authored several articles/chapters for distinguished books and publications. She is the primary coauthor of Connect with Kindness: Child-Generated, Teacher Friendly Supplementary SEL Curricula (2023), which is currently being used world-wide. Amy is the Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of International Kindness Reset. Amy measures her success through the children whose lives she has valiantly served.