Amy has thousands of hours of speaking experience over her career on TV, Podcasts, and in front of live audiences from 5-over a thousand attendees. Her passion for sharing her story and helping others through her message, “There is no can’t” is palpable in every talk she gives.
Speaking Engagements
Amy speaks on television and radio and at extensive seminars around the world. Hire Amy to Speak
Speaking Topics
Healthcare
- Using a Team approach to Healthcare
- Putting the “person” first and not the Patient
- Looking at the patient more holistically
- Working their disease around their lives/ not the reverse
- Be Your Own Chief Medical Officer
- Making your medical team work for you
- Pushing the limits of modern healthcare
Living with Disease
- Eye Disease-managing from diagnosis to treatment to the ‘end’ of treatment- blindness
- Bowel Disease-managing your disease in partners with a great team and the right diagnostics and pharma
- Autoimmune Disease
- Disability inclusion and Diversity in business and school
Reinventing Yourself
- Thinking outside the box and encouraging your team to do so
- Inspiration and Overcoming Obstacles
- Loss of a limb or a sense can lead to a new and better life in many ways
Other Topics
- Guide Dogs
- Paratriathlon
- Wine Education (Amy is a CSW- Certified Specialist of Wine and an expert educator)
Past Engagements
- Iris Vision
- Mitre
- Durst Organization
- Scripps Hospital
- Aerie Pharmaceuticals
- Glaucoma Research Foundation
- Sacramento Center for the Blind
- Foundation- Global Health Matters Conference
- Sempra Energy- Disability inclusion in the workplace
- NHL All Star Game- overcoming adversity and using your TEAM
- Guiding Eyes for the Blind- multiple events
- Lion’s Club International
- Talking Information Center for the Blind
- Garmin Health
- Next IT
- Frost and Sullivan Medical Technologies Mind Exchange
- Rotary International
- Prometheus
- Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired
- Yale Eye Center
Awards
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2020 Visionary Award- Glaucoma Research Foundation
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Chelsea Cohen Courage Award- Fairfield County Sports Association
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Travel and Training Grant Recipient – Women’s Sports Foundation
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“Lion of Sight” awarded by the Greenwich Lions Club
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Ambassador of Sight- Southern CA Lions Clubs
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ABCD Award (Above and Beyond the Call of Duty) Trumbull Public School Systems
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CA State Senate Award – for Leadership and Helping the Blind
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CT Senator Blumenthal- Courage award for leadership over adversity
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Greenwich YMCA – Visionary Award