Amy Stark
Amy Stark is Founder and Chief Listening Officer for Stark ReAlity, Inc., an Indiana nonprofit that works with organizations adjusting to the tidal wave of social media. A Fort Wayne native, Ms. Stark received her BA in Philosophy from Loras College and then moved to Indianapolis to serve nine years as the Director of Public Relations and Marketing Manager for Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre. Amy then became fascinated with global Internet infrastructure while working in B2B communication connectivity and hardware sales.
She realized that ideas being exchanged globally- on a grassroots level at the speed of light – had the potential to supercharge innovation and -hopefully- make the world a better place. To that end, Amy returned to academia in 2005, received her MA in Philanthropic Studies from IU in December 2007, and has been on a campaign to introduce social media to #Indiana ever since.
Amy’s unique combination of “old school” PR/Marketing, Internet infrastructure public policy expertise, and social media acumen gives her the ability to design comprehensive communication plans that help organizations remain viable in the 21st century. Described by others as a “social media architect,” a “viral-marketing guru,” and “twitter ninja,” Ms. Stark is an accomplished public speaker, author, techno-geek and mom.
