Bio
Amy is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Beyond Benign, a global non-profit dedicated to green chemistry education. She holds the world’s first Ph.D. in green chemistry from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Amy is a leading voice for systemic change in chemistry education, advocating for global education systems to better prepare students and scientists with green chemistry skills to address sustainability challenges.
Amy has industrial experience working for the Gillette Company and Rohm and Haas and was an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell before founding Beyond Benign. Since inception, this organization has been leading Green Chemistry education initiatives in K-12 through higher education, focusing on empowering educators to make transformative change in their teaching and practice.
Amy’s community-based work includes the global higher education program, the Green Chemistry Commitment comprised of over 250 Universities worldwide, and the on-line teaching and learning community platform, the Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community (GCTLC).