Amy Towner
Chief Executive Officer
Health Care Foundation for Ventura County
Ventura, CA USA
“It is rarely a straight path in life. Stay nimble, agile and intentional because this is your life....you are writing your story.”
Milestones
My road in life has taken me all over.
Married young
At age 22, first successful business venture
Graced to give birth to three children
Decision to be a stay at home wife and mother for 15 years despite my entrepreneurial spirit.
Volunteered throughout life without pay
Received a job opportunity through my volunteer work
Divorce
Thomas Fire and lost everything during my PKE MBA
Education
High School
Los Gatos High School
Los Gatos High School
Graduate
PKE MBA
Pepperdine University
PKE MBA
Pepperdine University
Career
Chief Executive Officer
Lead a non-profit public benefit organization to enhance and augment the public health and hospital system
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Non-Profit Organizations
Medicine
Helping People
Day to Day
As a servant leader, there is little separation between my career and my life. Combination of office life, meeting in the public, public speaking, architecting the future of the organization.
Advice for Getting Started
Here's the first step for everyone
It is rarely a straight path in life. Stay nimble, agile and intentional because this is your life....you are writing your story. Every day is a new day to cultivate the goodness in your life!
Recommended Education
My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:
Graduate
PKE MBA
PKE MBA
Hurdles
The Noise I Shed
From Teachers:
"I was a child of divorce with an alcoholic mom, who was a below average high school student and said “poor thing will likely end up barefoot and pregnant” as per school administrators in the late 1980’s."
Challenges I Overcame
Financial
