Mindful coaching, facilitation, and strategy support for leaders and organizations.
Amy Haynes is a passionate coach, facilitator, and macro social worker with deep experience in community development and coalition-building. Amy has been honored to serve in a variety of leadership roles that taught her how to build lasting partnerships to start new community programs trying to tackle long standing issues like expanded access to fresh produce and healthy foods. Amy is a certified coach and facilitator trained in using Technology of Participation (ToP) facilitation methods, StrengthsFinders® leadership development practice, and the spiral model popular education theory that taps into group wisdom. Amy brings an innovative spirit and profound belief in our interconnectedness to her work with nonprofit leaders and organizations.
Expertise & Experience
Consulting Practice
Feeding America - lead project consultant for CVS Health Zones
West Marion Community Forum - designed and facilitated 6-month team coaching program, developed through StrengthsFinders® leadership coaching lens
Shift Happens in Community Toolkit - designed and facilitated strategic visioning retreats for expanded reach and future growth
Foothills Food Hub - grant writing and strategic planning support
MANNA FoodBank - community collaboration toolkit design to support launch of new collective impact program
Education
Master of Social Work (MSW), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW), Appalachian State University
Professional Certified Coach, Coach Training Alliance
Training & Certifications
Facilitating Racially Just Spaces Training with the Rise Center for Racial Justice (6 week course completed Spring 2021) and participation in monthly community of practice
Institute of Cultural Affairs ToP® (Technology of Participation) Facilitation Methods
Institute of Cultural Affairs ToP® Strategic Planning Facilitation Training
Graduate coursework in Participatory Action Research and Popular Education methodologies
Social Work Experience
12 years of nonprofit management experience, including:
Deep work in coalition building and utilizing a collective impact framework for cross-sector collaboration,
Addressing social drivers of community health through expanded access to fresh produce and holistic wrap-around support services,
Designing respectful, dignified food programming for rural people and places.
7 years of social work case management experience working for nonprofits and county government
Extensive nonprofit Board of Directors governance and staff development expertise
“Our goal is to create a beloved community and this will require a qualitative change in our souls and a quantitative change in our lives.”
— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.