Amy Herskovitz

Biography

Amy has well over a decade of experience in strategic philanthropy, impact investing, scaling social enterprise, and creating systems networks. She has worked to support non-profit social entrepreneurs and innovators in multiple sectors including health, social justice, economic development and education with focus on capacity building, scale, and sustainability. She was the founding Executive of The Pershing Square Foundation and the Principal of Fortitude Fund. She has been involved with a number of boards including Echoing Green, New Profit, Harvard Global Health Initiative, Zahn Center for Social Enterprise, and the NYU Social Entrepreneurship Program. She currently sits on the boards of I-MAK (helping make life saving medications affordable to all) and Dig Deep (creating a water and sanitation sector in the US to provide clean water to the 2.3 million Americans who currently lack access). Prior to this work she has decades of experience working and teaching in Mental Health with a specialization in rapid evaluation, adolescent and family treatment, and trauma, including work with survivors and first responders immediately after September 11th. She currently lives in upstate New York and consults with non-profits and foundations on a variety of topics.