Amber Smith Email & Phone Number

Tucson, AZ, US

Arizona, US

Pipeline AZ aspires to serve as the single access point for comprehensive career pathway information in Arizona. At Pipeline AZ, we value collaboration without boundaries. We believe in breaking down silos—whether they're between departments, organizations, or communities—to create seamless pathways for individuals to access opportunities and realize their.

Durham, NC, US

• Recognized by the U.S. government for successfully implementing the largest workforce solution of its kind, Futures has eliminated the most significant barriers to rewarding careers… awareness and access. Imagine a.
• Work with the leadership team to design and implement a strategy to reduce barriers to career readiness.
• Foster relationships with community organizations, industry leaders, and government entities supporting career readiness and attainment.
• Develop and expand capabilities to grow equity amongst students and individuals to have awareness and access to career pathways and job training opportunities.
• Disrupt standards and norms and lead initiatives connecting workforce ecosystems aligning individuals, job training, education, employment support organizations, and industry seamlessly.
• Conduct outreach across the country and identify opportunities to provide solutions using our expertise, technology, and services.

Tucson, Arizona, US

• Recruited to serve as the first woman President & CEO of the largest chamber in Pima County, I tirelessly advocated for businesses to connect them to one another, reduce barriers to doing business, and to create an.
• Recruited to serve as the first woman President & CEO of the largest chamber in Pima County.
• Provided strategic direction both operationally and politically as a business advocacy organization.
• Led staff through EOS process and created values, core functions, and value proposition resulting in a 90% membership retention.
• Grew profitability by 16% in the first year.
• Right sized the organization by 50% and realigned departments to best fulfill the mission of the organization.

Tucson, Arizona, US

Recruited to serve as Government Relations Director. Promoted two years later, elevated stature and influence of membership-based organization to develop a community leader role that interacted on a regular basis with the membership, heads of major business advocacy organizations, City and Town Managers, Mayors and Council Members across Pima County to.

Tucson, Arizona, US

• Act as advocate for MPA membership in land and economic development issues.
• Interact with elected officials and high-level bureaucrats on select public policy items.
• Organize collaborative groups including both public and private sector members in order to create consensus
• Interpret and decipher public policies, ordinances, codes and procedures
• Create White Papers and educate and engage members on public policies and ordinances activities within the region including Pima County and all municipalities within.
• Assist Executive Director in membership expansion and retention.

Small government relations and lobbying firm that acts as a government liaison for public and private entities. We represent a substantial number of master planned communities and commercial developments and developers in southern and central Arizona. Our representation and consulting services include, but are not limited to, the entitlement process.

M.P.A., Masters Of Public Administration

B.A., Political Science

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