For more than 25 years, Amy has partnered with nonprofit organizations to develop effective fundraising campaigns, build strong leadership teams, and empower them with tools to visualize and achieve mission impact. Since 2008, Amy has co-founded two full-service consulting firms and helped over 500 social and human service organizations, federated agencies, national and international nonprofits, community centers, schools, camps, synagogues, and other faith-based institutions raise hundreds of millions of dollars, create growth strategies, and recruit exceptional executives. She is a trusted coach and advisor to professional and volunteer leaders across North America.  

Amy has a robust fundraising and nonprofit management background, holding leadership positions at Ida Crown Jewish Academy, Jewish Council for Youth Services, Hillel, and United Jewish Communities (Jewish Federations of North America). She is a sought-after trainer and facilitator at local and national gatherings, including the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), Forefront, Jewish Federations of North America, Legacy Heritage Fund, Hillel International, JCC Association of North America, JCamp 180, Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies (NJHSA), Prizmah, Life & Legacy, and Leaders Assembly. Amy is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) and a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), The Association of Consultants to Nonprofits (ACN), Professionals in Development North, and Chicago Women in Philanthropy. She serves on summer faculty for the HUC/USC Zelikow School of Nonprofit Management in Los Angeles and Spertus Institute in Chicago.

As a second-generation nonprofit professional, Amy leverages her background in social work and community service to guide organizations toward highly successful fundraising, talent, and board development strategies. She earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania, a Certificate in Jewish Communal Service from Gratz College, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.