Amy Kiefer
Board Director @Alzheimer's Association®
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WORK HISTORY
Board Director @Alzheimer's Association®
The Alzheimer\'s Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer\'s care, support and research. The Minnesota-North Dakota Chapter is one of seven founding chapters of the national Alzheimer\'s Association, headquartered in Chicago. Our Chapter began in 1979 when family caregivers came together around a common need of getting support and help for their loved ones with dementia. The Alzheimer’s Association Minnesota-North Dakota Chapter provides support services, care options and education for families and caregivers throughout Minnesota and North Dakota.The Alzheimer\'s Association leads the way to end Alzheimer\'s and all other dementia — by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support. Our vision is a world without Alzheimer\'s and all other dementia.
EDUCATION
MIT Sloan School of Management + CSAIL Artificial Intelligence
Certificate: Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy Program, October 2023 , Business Administration and Management, General
UNH Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics
MBA program; transferred to Emory upon relocation.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Arts, Madison, WI
Emory University - Goizueta Business School
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Atlanta, GA
ABOUT AMY KIEFER
POSITIONING PEOPLE TO SUCCEED WHILE ENABLING SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS GROWTHAccomplished President, CEO and COO with a diverse background in executive leadership roles with privately held, family-owned, ESOP, private equity, and Fortune 500 organizations. Leverages a visionary mindset to optimize an organization’s foundational strengths and capabilities while evolving for a sustainable future.VISION-FOCUSED STRATEGY & THOUGHT LEADERSHIP that drives sustainable and profitable growth: Deep experience evolving and improving core business competencies, products, services, and organizational structure to achieve operational excellence and growth. Shifts sales, marketing, pricing, and business models through customer- and solutions-focused strategies. Leverages thought leadership in manufacturing to identify, validate, and optimize opportunities with a tangible future state vision, growth strategy, and execution. Builds alignment across functions to drive long-term stakeholder value and results through market landscape analysis, white space exploration, war gaming, domestic and global domain expansion, succession planning, strategic planning and collaborative execution.EMPOWERING, HIGH-INTEGRITY LEADER who positions people and teams to succeed: Leads by example with transparency, compassion, and a genuine desire to empower leaders and teams to succeed. Unifies disparate groups to reach goals, especially in complex, challenging and high-stress situations. Creates cultures of respect, accountability, and open-mindedness where people are heard and valued in an environment of innovation and collaboration. Unifies cross-functional leaders and teams and encourages divergent thinking to challenge status quo, generate creative solutions, and deliver a distinct competitive advantage for customers and in the marketplace.CATALYZING TRANSFORMATION that evolves organizations into high-performing, high-value entities: Expert in business transformation, turnarounds, and repositioning mature, distressed, or stagnant companies for growth, divestiture, or acquisition. Leads transformations with a clear focus on the future state vision. Anticipates and communicates potential pitfalls and opportunities to optimize growth. Engages stakeholders to envision the future and fully commit to achieving goals and results. Agile in leading people and the organization through change while adapting and shifting gears to keep people, projects and progress moving forward.
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