Amy Hepburn

CEO
Investor Leadership Network

Amy is a globally recognized expert on social impact with a focus on intersectional gender equality and inclusion, humanitarian action and building social capital through cross sectoral partnerships. She is a seasoned strategic advisor with deep expertise on gender lens social investments and designing unique public private partnerships for high impact social return. In this capacity, she has spent 20 years driving social change globally in the private, non-profit and public sectors.

Her clients consist of visionary leaders and influencers, social entrepreneurs, forward thinking companies, family foundations and venture philanthropists seeking innovative, community driven solutions to persistent social issues. Her high-level partnerships include government leaders, community and international NGOs, the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees in Geneva, the United States Department of State, and the United States Agency for International Development.

Amy was a Delegate on the first G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council created by PM Trudeau, an active member of the NationSwell Council and The Global Women’s Forum on Economy and Society.

She has Faculty appointments at Duke University and George Washington University where she teaches on social impact, gender equality, the care of children in crises, human rights and humanitarian action.