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Amy DeWys has a B.A. (Calvin College) in Interdisciplinary Studies and a M.A.
(University of Iowa) in Anthropology (Specialization–Museum Studies). She has
completed Ph.D. course work (University of Mississippi) in Educational Leadership.
She is a Senior Adjunct Instructor and has been teaching for Henry Ford College for
over 20 years. Amy has also taught a Museum Education Internship class (University of
Michigan, Dearborn). She started her career as Education Curator at the University of
Mississippi for 5 years and then went on to act as the Director of Education for the
Detroit Historical Museums for 8 years. With over 36 years of experience in nonprofits,
Amy has worked with the Remington Group, Maud Lyon & Associates and several other
nonprofit consulting services as well as establishing her own ASA Consulting for over 14
years. Her specialties include fund development, educational programming, volunteer
management and membership.
She has additionally worked for the Detroit Public Schools Foundation as the Director of
Development for four years, Director of Development & Communications for Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Michigan for a year and since April 2022 she has
worked as a part-time and full-time employee at Lawrence Technological University.
She has procured funding from a variety of sources including the Ford Foundation, the
Kresge Foundation, the Kellogg Foundation, the Hearst Foundations, and mostly
recently was directly responsible for the coordination of a $1.7M proposal to the United
States Health Resources & Services Administration which was awarded in June 2024 to
LTU’s College of Health Sciences Program Assistant M.S Program. In addition, Amy has
sat on a number of boards, committees and grant review panels including Grosse Pointe
Historical Society, Michigan Humanities Council, the U.S. Department of Education and
the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. She has a passion for education,
learning and youth!
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