Amy is an attorney, teacher and writer who loves living in a log cabin in the woods of Brown County. She currently serves on the school board for Brown County Schools and has been active in Democratic politics since 1990.
Since graduating from Columbus North High School, Smith College, and the Indiana University School of Law, Amy has devoted both her career and personal life to public service.
As an attorney, she’s a passionate advocate for the rights of crime victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. She’s worked as a domestic violence prosecutor in Marion and Monroe Counties and for 11 years as the Legal Director for Turning Point Domestic Violence Services in Columbus. She worked four years as a Deputy Attorney General in the Consumer Protection Division and one year as an Administrative Law Judge determining unemployment claims during the pandemic. For eight years, she served on the board of Legal Aid District 11 in Columbus and was named Pro Bono Attorney of the Year in 2011. She currently works as a Family Law Mediator for low-income litigants.
As a middle school world history teacher for Brown County Schools, Amy focused on sharing cultures and religions from around the world with her students. She brought innovative programs into the classroom that allowed students to Zoom weekly with students in China, visit houses of worship for different religions, and showcase their historical research through the National History Day program, guiding several students to the national contest. After school, she addressed the needs of high ability students by starting new Girls Who Code and Chess clubs. She served as a volunteer parent, coach, and state judge for the Indiana Bar Foundation’s We the People program and led a fundraising committee so that 24 Brown County students could attend the national competition (which they won!). Amy’s favorite part of teaching was “teacher travel” in the summers. She was privileged to teach and travel for one month in China in 2019, and she immersed herself in week-long teaching seminars focused on how to teach the Middle East at Duke University, the Holocaust at the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., and Civil Rights at Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas.
As a freelance travel writer, she and her husband, Jim, write about their adventures in Costa Rica and Europe. They have published pieces in 2024 and 2025 in International Living Magazine. Locally, she writes news and features for the Brown County Democrat newspaper and Our Brown County magazine.
As a volunteer, Amy currently serves as president of the local Psi Iota Xi philanthropic sorority, cooks at Mother’s Cupboard Community Kitchen, writes publicity for her church’s annual fall fundraising event, and ushers at the Brown County Playhouse. When her children were younger, she served 12 years in leadership with Boy Scout Troop 190, as Band Booster President and percussion mom, and led the children’s ministry program at her church.
Amy has received awards for her service to the community. She was named the statewide Domestic Violence Professional of the Year, the statewide James Harris Middle School Teacher of the Year, Boy Scouts of America District Award of Merit, and the Brown County Rotary Community Service Award.
Amy won election in 2020 and 2024 as a non-partisan school board member and coordinated the political strategy for the district’s 2024 Referendum vote. She and her husband are currently precinct committee chairs and have been active in Brown County Democratic politics since 1998. Together, they won five contested county campaigns allowing Jim to serve as the Brown County Prosecutor for 16 years. They have two adult sons.