Robert Frost?
Amy likes to take the road less traveled.
Get on the balcony
She knows how to take a step back
and use quiet time
to gain perspective
in a situation.
How do you "eat" an elephant?
One bite at a time.
Amy knows how to eat an elephant.
Amy graduated with her Masters in Arts Administration at Southern Utah University. Already having experience in many areas of the discipline, she especially sharpened her skills in grant writing, board relations, and social media. Her current full-time work is in the Business Office of the Utah Shakespeare Festival where she is responsible for a variety of business and administrative tasks. Serving as the Administrative Directive for Suzuki Strings Cedar City, a small music nonprofit, she is an organizational wizard and well-trained teacher. She holds a degree in music and maintains her certifications with the Suzuki Association of the Americas through regular training and board service. Amy loves traveling with her family, trying new recipes, working on crosswords, attending local performances of any variety, and just finding joy in life.
Amy thrives on long-term projects with a series of short-term objectives, finding immense satisfaction in celebrating small wins and witnessing the final result. She is drawn to ambitious projects that others may deem unattainable, and is comfortable working independently when needed. She embraces the opportunity to learn new technologies to accomplish her goals. She also loves to be a part of a brilliant team, where ideas are freely shared and the entire team grows from the experience of working together.
2020 - A year of loss, resilience, and creativity
Amy was the Southern Utah Chair for the Celebration X (ten) concert. Being held during Covid posed numerous challenges. There were masks, social distancing, and contact tracing of every participant and audience member. The event took over a year of planning and I decided, with the support of my team, to move ahead with our September 2020 performance date. We performed with over fifty students, nine participating teachers, four accompanists, playing twenty five songs, and one specially commissioned piece composed for the event called Takeda Lullaby. It was a beautiful success and most meaningful and healing for the children and families who find that music brings togetherness, especially during a time of separation.
Funding
Amy has written successful grants for Utah Division of Arts and Museums, RAP Tax of Cedar City, and the State Bank of Utah. She also led fundraisers for two organizations in 2023 that were in the black for the first time in since before the Covid-19 era.
All ships rise with the tide.
Failure is not the opposite of success, it is part of success.
Be the woman who fixes another woman’s crown, without telling the world that it needed adjusting.