Amy’s leadership draws upon a multi-faceted career in philanthropy that is informed by her early work in education, the labor movement, and global human rights, including in the US-Mexico borderlands. Most recently, Amy served as the Interim President at Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG) — a funder network that has supported our foundation and other grantmakers to work together to accelerate racial, gender, economic, disability, and climate justice. Prior to guiding NFG through its executive leadership transition as Interim President, Amy was the founding director of the Amplify Fund, NFG’s first grantmaking fund. Operating with very similar values to the Foundation, the Amplify Fund’s grantmaking strategy is designed by local movement leaders and makes sustained commitments to support grantee partners’ operating expenses, while minimizing reporting requirements. Earlier in her career she served as Program Officer at Surdna Foundation, where she oversaw grantmaking to support leadership development, economic justice, and community organizing and served as the Director of Programs at the Fund for Global Human Rights, where she oversaw grantmaking programs that strengthened frontline human rights movements globally. She is a Board member of the National Employment Law Project (NELP) and Nexus Community Partners, and Chair of the Advisory Board of the Maria Fund. Amy lives in Minneapolis, MN and spends her free time gardening, walking her spirited black and white beagle, hosting community gatherings in her back yard, and learning how to weave.