Amy Karn is a consultant and member of Spencer Stuart’s Boards Practice. She is passionate about helping organizations find and recruit board members who will help them drive results and create a lasting, positive impact on their organization. Amy often works with companies who need help diversifying their boardrooms, are undergoing technology transformations, or are dealing with digital disruption. She works across sectors including technology, media, communications, consumer, retail, education, and financial services.
Extensive board recruiting and governance experience
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Throughout her 24 years at Spencer Stuart, Amy has been part of over 900 board assignments. Her diverse client portfolio ranges from global Fortune 10 corporations to pre-IPO businesses including leading technology companies in Silicon Valley and Seattle.
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Amy has assisted clients through numerous boardroom situations including activist shareholders, IPO board builds, spin-off board builds, bankruptcy board builds and multi-year, long term board succession.
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Amy has worked with clients in Japan, the United Kingdom., Germany, Switzerland, Spain and France to help recruit U.S. executives to the board to bring new perspectives.
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Prior to joining Spencer Stuart, Amy was the director of research for a Philadelphia-based boutique executive search firm.
Amy is a graduate of Rutgers University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in history from Rutgers College followed by a master’s in library service. A believer in the importance of music programs in public education, Amy has been an officer for several public school music booster organizations.