She has served as director of ELCA Advocacy since January 2016, coordinating and leading a ministry of faith-based advocacy at state, national, and international levels. Prior to starting her current position, Amy served congregations in New Jersey and Wisconsin and was the Assistant to the Bishop for Urban Ministry in the Greater Milwaukee Synod of the ELCA. A graduate of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and the Theologisches Seminar in Leipzig, German Democratic Republic, Amy is a GreenFaith Fellow in religious-environmental leadership. She is currently engaged in the graduate certificate program in Religion and Public Life at the Newseum Institute in Washington D.C. In her spare time, Amy parents two active daughters, tends her garden, teaches others about native plants, knits up a storm, and devours mysteries.