Ame manages GDDF’s Lowcountry arts portfolio, working with current and potential grantees to help support their work in the region through grants and technical assistance. In addition, she provides support across all program areas, manages Lowcountry office operations as well as the biannual Lowcountry Land Conservation Symposium.
After working in the nonprofit sector for more than a decade, Ame joined the Foundation in 2017. Prior, she served as Grants Manager and Development Director for the South Carolina Children’s Theatre, Executive Director for the Foothills Trail Conference, and Membership Coordinator for the Lowcountry Land Trust.
Originally from South Carolina, Ame lived in Connecticut and Georgia, before returning to SC to earn a political science degree from the College of Charleston. She has served as Program Chair for PEAK Grantmaking Southeast and Advisory Group member for the South Carolina Arts Commissions’ Art of Community – Rural SC.
She has also served on grants panels for the South Carolina Arts Commission and Giving Joy. In her spare time, she likes to spend time outdoors gardening, hiking, and kayaking, as well as experiencing the many wonderful arts opportunities in the Lowcountry.