Amy Heaton
Leading Change + Measuring Impact +Learning Ecosystems + Talent + Human-Centered Design
- Role
- Vice President, Organizational Excellence at Kirkpatrick Partners, Llc
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Amy Heaton
I design Learning & Development ecosystems to support lifelong learning in organizations.…
Experience
Vice President, Organizational Excellence
Sep 2025 — Present · US
As Vice President of Organizational Excellence at Kirkpatrick Partners, I serve in a role much like a Chief Operating Officer, ensuring the effective implementation and scaling of the Four Levels of Evaluation across client organizations. I bring over a decade of experience in technology to develop next-generation tools that advance instructional design and transform how organizations measure training effectiveness. My background as an anthropological linguist shapes the way I approach research and evaluation—grounding our data analytics in deep qualitative inquiry while also guiding our work on cultural change. We view implementing the Four Levels at the organizational level as a mindset and culture shift, and this perspective allows me to help clients set up cultures of evaluation that embed evidence-based practice at scale.With more than 25 years of experience spanning training, education, policy, and strategic planning, I specialize in designing and facilitating highly interactive learning experiences that achieve scale and sustainability. Throughout my career, I have helped organizations translate vision into practice, building systems that support long-term growth and equipping leaders with the evidence they need to show real value. By integrating rigorous qualitative research methods with advanced data analytics, I bring both nuance and clarity to impact measurement—ensuring organizations can demonstrate outcomes that matter, both to their people and to their strategy.
Education
Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies
Professional Certificate, Transformational Leadership
2017 — 2018
The University of Georgia
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Linguistics
2002 — 2008
Virginia Tech
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Geography, International Studies, French
1995 — 1999
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