An accomplished executive with a track record of successfully leading collaborative strategic planning initiatives throughout her career, Amy founded True Nine in 2023 to help professionals embrace the opportunities and challenges made possible by change. She is well known for her unwavering dedication to leading authentically, celebrating change, and mentoring others.

Amy's dynamic style, combined with her eclectic career and vast experience as a mentor, gives her clients confidence that she understands the challenges and opportunities they face. Utilizing pedagogical techniques gleaned from her doctoral studies, Amy connects outcome-oriented tactics with individual situations for positive outcomes. Her clients benefit from her experiences in executive leadership and organizational transformation, network cultivation, and goal-setting strategies.

Before founding True Nine, she was the COO and CFO for multiple organizations, guiding them through periods of intense change. In these roles, she led strategic planning and innovation initiatives that resulted in diversified revenue streams, new and expanded service offerings, better brand awareness, increased market share, a more engaged workforce, and improved financial results.

Amy is a "true nine", having worn the number throughout her soccer career. Her passion for a team's ultimate success, on-field experiences, and ability to remain calm under pressure are prevalent in her client relationships, collaborative approach to strategy development and execution, and quick instincts when presented with challenges or opportunities.

Recognized by Ignition's Top 50 Women in Accounting and by LinkedIn as a Top Leadership Voice, she delights in sharing her experiences for the professional development and career advancement of others.

Amy earned her Bachelor's in Accounting from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she was a student-athlete on the university's first PSAC Championship Women’s Varsity Soccer Team. A proud Keystone State native, Amy furthered her education with an MBA from Penn State University. She is a Doctorate in Business Administration scholar at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, with anticipated graduation in May 2025. Her research focuses on the relationship between leadership team diversity and strategic change.

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Visit Amy's blog, Horner's Corner, where she shares her views on change, mentorship, and innovation in pursuit of her vision and mission of making a positive, lasting impact through teaching, leading, and motivating.

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Join Amy and her Co-Founders of DBA Chronicles to gain insights into the Doctorate of Business Administration journey and access their community of DBA alums, current students, allies, esteemed faculty, and revered researchers.