Amy’s experience includes leading the grants department for a large children’s behavioral health services organization and than two decades in the government and nonprofit sectors. Amy holds the Grant Professional Certified (GPC) credential and has grant experience with a number of agencies including: DOJ, DOL, HHS, ACF/FYSB, CMS, SAMHSA, NIH, NIJ, USDA, VA.

Amy graduated from the University of California at Davis with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Minor in Human Development and from California State University, Sacramento with a Master of the Arts in Psychology. Following her academic career, she spent the next 20 years working in the nonprofit and government sectors, in the areas of program development and evaluation, project management, risk management and quality improvement, and human resources management.