Amy is a native of Toledo, OH. She attended University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill where she completed her undergraduate studies in 1991.
Amy is now co-owner of Armstrong Steel Erectors and the prior owner of Ebony Construction for 20 years.
Amy is a strong advocate for the DBE program on both the state and national level. In 2008, Amy testified before Congress's House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee regarding the USDOT DBE Program on behalf of the AGC. Amy has participated in numerous DC ARTBA fly-in's and many other events. In the spring of 2019, she was on ARTBA's National Highway Trust Fund ReauthorizationTask Force.
In 2021-2022 Amy served as a Director on the Associated General Contractor of America's National Board of Directors, the 2019 Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ohio Contractors Association where she was the 1st Woman of Color, in the history of the country, to be chairman of the board for a state organization in the Heavy Highway Construction industry. She currently is a part of AGC's executive leadership for the highway division and on the Diversity and inclusion steering committee. She also chairs OCA's DBE committee. Amy participates on the MITA/MDOT DBE committee. Amy is also a board member of the Toledo Lucas County Port Authority Board, the Historic South Initiative board, Culture Building Institute and Signature Bank N.A.
2023 Top 10 Transformational Women in Business Award reicipent. 2020 recipient of the YWCA's lifetime Milestone Award
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2021inductee of the Ohio Contractors Association Hall of Fame.
Amy is very active in volunteering and supporting her local community. She is the Ambassador for the Esturado Mini Hospice for children in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
In 2016, Amy became a certified life coach.
She is the mother of three wonderful boys- Joseph, Grant and Kellen.