Where Are They Now

AMY HOWARD - SCHOLARSHIP RECEIPIENT - 2005

Amy graduated from Skidmore College in May of 2006 with a Bachelor’s in Social Work. She immediately began to pursue her Master’s in Social Work and graduated with an MSW (with a concentration in nonprofit management and resource development) from the University of Pennsylvania in May of 2007.

After living in Washington, DC for a year and half (and working for a nonprofit organization focused on international women’s health policy), she moved to Boston, MA in August of 2008 to be closer to her family and friends in New England. For the past two years, she has been the Director of Development for the Elizabeth Stone House, where she remains today. The Elizabeth Stone House is a nonprofit in Roxbury , MA that provides safe shelter and supportive services to women and children who are struggling with a history of domestic violence and trauma, substance abuse, mental health issues, or poverty (www.elizabethstonehouse.org).

Working for the Stone House has provided her with a wonderful opportunity to combine her interest in nonprofit management and development with her passion for working with women and children and helping improve the community where she lives and works. She has been given the opportunity to serve on the management team at the Stone House and work closely with the board of directors, two opportunities which she feels very fortunate to have so early on in her career. She goes on to state, “ I love my job and I know that the generosity of so many people and organizations (including NECCD) have been instrumental to helping me get to where I am today.”