Amy Ruck Kagan, Managing Partner

amy@lumenimpactgroup.com

Facilitator ● Strategist ● Leadership Coach ● Organizational Development Specialist

Amy has dedicated her career to ensuring that zip code does not dictate the quality of one’s education, working across the public education ecosystem to achieve sustainable and equitable systems improvements. She has been an unrelenting advocate for students and for equity for more than twenty years. Amy brings a keen political savviness, a national and international presence, and strategic relationships and partnerships to all projects. Amy is a visionary leader who thinks outside the box, finds creative and effective solutions, and builds and manages productive and strong teams. Amy lives in Park City, Utah with her husband and two young sons. Amy is an enthusiastic outdoors-woman who finds solutions while skiing or hiking. Amy is an avid reader, a Peloton enthusiast, and an amateur baker.

Amy’s Resume

Testimonials

"“They don’t tell you what you want to hear. They tell you what you need to hear. That makes a huge difference. We needed to understand our weaknesses in order to make the organization work right, and I was overwhelmed by how they really got it and they helped us to get it too. They were able to do it in a way that really made me want to understand the goals we needed to focus on. I believe Lumen was absolutely the best we could have found.”"

Barbara Sellinger
Cresthaven Academy

"“I’ve been in nonprofits for 30+ years and have used the services of many consultants, but I have never been so comfortable with their commitment to helping us. It was as if the Lumen team shared our need to have a successful outcome and they were committed to the notion that they would indeed bring value to what we were doing.“ "

Caroline Novak
Alabama School Readiness Alliance

"“The Lumen team did a really good job sharing the hard truths with us. Their findings were different from what we were expecting, but they used the information to push us farther than we originally planned. They were candid and didn’t hide anything from us. We’re now on the path to developing products that are very different from what we’ve done before but are hopefully much more useful for the people we serve.” "

Drew Jacobs
National Alliance of Public Charter Schools

"“The management of a federal CSP grant is a really niche area that requires a tremendous depth of expertise and technical know-how. You need to have a microscopic attention to detail when it comes to compliance and reporting timeliness. The Lumen team is excellent at all of the above." "

Tyler Barnett
New Schools for Alabama

"“In my coaching, we make really strong, specific plans for next steps and then we follow up on them in our next conversation. We try to keep those next steps really manageable. When I’m busy, I can’t layer a ton of personal growth on top of my other responsibilities, so we make plans for growth that are baked into the work I’m already doing. That has been really helpful for me.” "

Kristen Forbriger
City Fund