Furman University

University of South Carolina

Middlebury College

Technology-Led Economic Development Professional ⭐️ Impact-Focused ⭐️ Collaborative Leader

I'm part of the Boomtown Innovation team driving impact for entrepreneurs through innovative programs for our clients. My job is to design and direct the education and learning elements at the core of these programs. At Boomtown Innovation, we believe in innovation’s unlimited potential to solve for complex challenges. Our innovation to impact commitment is all about helping others leverage innovation to create positive change and meaningful value.

Boomtown Innovation

Director of Entrepreneur Education

I view volunteer, family caregiving as a professional experience and include it on LinkedIN because of what the role requires. It demands extra, very specific, and unique skills, including time management, financial acumen, administrative organization, decisiveness, empathy, emotional maturity, and the ability to adapt to change and crisis with resilience. If you are also a caregiver for your family, please reach out to me for support, guidance, commiseration, and/or encouragement! 

Since 2020, I have been POA and have tended to the financial, emotional, and health needs of my parents. I moved them to Atlanta from South Carolina as my father's dementia progressed, to better support the complexity that such a condition brings to family life. Recently, we had to move my father to a memory care community. My mother is still living on her own near me. Many people, particularly women, take on similar roles for their family members, apart from their careers, apart from mothering, apart from marriage and relationships that are also important.

My Parents

Family Caregiver     

Liberty Fellows are working collectively to make South Carolina better. It is a lifelong commitment, and today there is a vibrant network of over 310 Fellows across South Carolina. Using their expertise, talents, and resources, Fellows pursue creative solutions to the state's greatest challenges. Modeled on the proven approach of the Aspen Institute and in partnership with Wofford College, the program pushes South Carolina forward through its greatest assets – its leaders.

Liberty Fellowship

Fellow (Class of 2012)

As part of the economic development team at Invest Atlanta, my role is to work with partners to recruit technology companies to the City of Atlanta, and to work with the innovation ecosystem to leverage Invest Atlanta resources in support of existing new and growing technology firms in the city.

Invest Atlanta

Assistant Director of Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

🔸	Spearheaded 75-80 social entrepreneurial events with attendees totaling over 5K people.
✬	Built remote team of 4 from zero to coach & lead programming in major markets across multiple regions; skyrocketed tech startup portfolio 316%.
✬	Led outreach and growth for Georgia’s advanced technology startup incubator (ATDC).

Georgia Institute of Technology

Statewide Program Manager

🔸	Handpicked as 1st ever Director of Innovation for state of SC.
🔸	Created $5M grant-making program leveraged dollar-for-dollar, enabling more than 25 entrepreneurship programs and educating 6K people in technology curriculum, doubling organization’s ROI.
✬	Founded breakthrough program & deployed funding within 6 months in a challenging bureaucratic environment.
✬	Secured $60K federal grant to launch online connectivity platform for all innovation assets.
✬     Launched innovation consortium & hosted event to present $100K award to a local startup.

S.C. Department of Commerce

Director Of Innovation

🔸	Supported Marketing & PR results totaling ~50K jobs recruited and $14.5B+ in capital investment over two-year period.
🔸	Agency spokesperson under a nationally recognized Governor's administration.
🔸	Launched a groundbreaking statewide brand for South Carolina that is still in use today.
✬	Issued over 100 press releases annually.
✬	Slashed costs by ~$100K in one year.
✬	Managed a $1.7M Marketing budget.

Director of Marketing and Communications

Senior Project Manager, Global Business Development

🔸 Part of the start-up team and co-lead of the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness. 
🔸 Led brand launch to "New Carolina".
✬ Managed task forces led by CEOs in 5 unique industries including nuclear, medical devices, biosciences, tourism, and textiles.
✬ Provided thought leadership and marketing and communications expertise. 
✬ Managed operations, and co-developed and monitored $1+ million budget. 
✬ Interfaced with high-profile volunteer leaders in business, government, and academia.

New Carolina - SC Council on Competitiveness

Deputy Executive Director

🔸 Corporate Communications Management Training: rotations at headquarters, mobile affiliate and fixed line affiliate; 6-month assignment in London for T-Mobile UK.
✬ Co-chair of planning committee for annual Management Program alumni networking event

✬ Experience: Corporate Communications management; strategic planning; international corporate-intranet development; international employee magazine production.

Amy Love