Amy is a seasoned leader with over 20 years of experience supporting philanthropies, nonprofits, and impact investors developing strategies and reaching their impact goals. Her areas of expertise include climate smart agriculture, sustainable food systems, land use and climate change, bioenergy, and climate change resilience and mitigation. Over her long tenure at CEA, she has supported numerous foundation and nonprofit clients with strategic planning initiatives; helped design, launch, and lead new NGO efforts; supported impact investment portfolios for foundations and funds; and conducted monitoring, evaluation, and learning efforts for philanthropies. Recent and/or long-standing clients include the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the ClimateWorks Foundation, Environmental Defense Fund, the Coca-Cola Foundation, and ICONIQ Impact. Prior to joining CEA, Amy spent several years working in the impact investing field, with positions at Investors’ Circle, the Bay Area Equity Fund, and the Sea Change Investment Fund.
Amy has a bachelor’s degree in history (Phi Beta Kappa) from Stanford University and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
Amy sits on the Mission Alignment Committee for Prime Coalition and on the board of Slow Money.