Amy Smucker is the assistant head of school for external affairs at Berwick Academy in South Berwick, Maine where she leads the offices of admission and financial aid, communications and marketing, and advancement. Since her arrival to Berwick in 2013, Amy has successfully led her team through the rebranding of the School’s exciting and innovative curricular evolution. She has focused on bringing the School’s external facing offices together to strategically message the School, resulting in increases to funds raised, leadership giving, alumni engagement, and admission inquiries.

Having previously served as the Director of Admissions at Kents Hill School in Maine where she led the school to its most robust enrollment in decades, Amy brings to Berwick a strong background in leadership and staff development, strategic enrollment management, and building and nurturing relationships across multiple internal and external constituent groups.

At Berwick, Amy serves on the School’s administrative team as well as the Committee on Trustees, Financial Affairs, Investment, and Advancement Committees of the Board of Trustees. Amy believes in the power and life-changing nature of independent schools. She grew up on the campuses of three different New England boarding schools where her parents worked, and is a graduate of the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut.

Amy has served as the Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Independent School Association of Northern New England (ISANNE), where she also served as a mentor for the organization’s LEADS program. Additionally, Amy is a member of the Board of Directors of the Birchtree Center in Newington, New Hampshire.  Amy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies from Colby College and a Masters Degree in Nonprofit Management with a focus on Leadership from Northeastern University.  Amy has presented at numerous conferences including CASE-NAIS, NAIS, IECA, and ISANNE.