Executive Leader
Danielle Kaynor
Executive Leader & Community Catalyst
danielle@aminnovation.org
Board of Directors
Jenny Bates Heaton (Chair)
VP, Organization Development
Ahold Delhaize
Karyn Zuidinga (Vice Chair)
Innovation Strategist
NextWAVE Innovation
William T. Mallon EdD (Treasurer)
Senior Director, Strategy and Innovation
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
Kristin Clauson
Director, Corporate Partnerships, Business Development
Share Our Strength
Susana Zepeda
Creative Consultant
Exceleration Studio
Jane Hilberry
Professor of Creativity and Innovation
Colorado College
Mark Stephens
Innovation leader
Matt York
Executive Director, Nuclear & Space Support Office
Defense Logistics Agency
Sylvester Taylor (Former Chair)
Director, Thought Leadership
Center for Creative Leadership
Stanley S. Gryskiewicz, Ph.D.
Founder and Board Chair Emeritus
Vice President, Center for Creative Leadership (retired)
Positive Turbulators
AMI’s next generation innovators who offer their insights and perspective to help shape AMI’s programming and future
Kristin Clauson
Director, Corporate Partnerships, Business Development
Share Our Strength
Xue (Snow) Bai
Assistant Chair, Creative Enterprise Leadership
Pratt Institute
Michael Robinson
Program Director
NCCJ of the Piedmont Triad