Amy Rencher is an accomplished executive with more than 20 years of experience driving inclusive economic growth at the intersection of the public, private, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors.

Throughout her career, she has built and scaled initiatives that connect capital, entrepreneurship, technology, talent, and community development—bringing diverse stakeholders together around strategies that deliver measurable economic and social impact.

As Senior Vice President of Small Business at the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), Amy leads a $300 million portfolio of state and federal investments supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses across Michigan. Her small business portfolio spans access to capital, advanced manufacturing and technology adoption, supply-chain resiliency, and entrepreneurial ecosystem building initiatives. She works across government, industry, philanthropy, financial institutions, and a statewide network of entrepreneurial-support organizations to translate public investment into sustainable economic opportunity.

Before joining MEDC, Amy spent seven years in progressive leadership roles at TechTown Detroit, where she developed nationally recognized programs and partnerships supporting entrepreneurs and neighborhood businesses. Earlier in her career, she worked at General Motors, leading teams through two award-winning global product launches. She began her career through AmeriCorps service in Detroit and Boston, establishing a commitment to community impact that has remained central throughout her career.

Amy’s leadership extends to board and advisory service spanning entrepreneurship, community development, financial inclusion, and economic policy. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of TechTown Detroit and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Advisory Council on Agriculture, Small Business and Labor, bringing on-the-ground perspectives from Michigan’s small business economy into regional economic and policy discussions.

Amy holds a Bachelor of Arts from Kalamazoo College and an MBA from Michigan State University and is a past Detroit Revitalization Fellow. Across sectors, she has developed a reputation as a strategic convener who can align complex institutions, significant investment, and community priorities around shared outcomes. Her combination of corporate experience, public-sector leadership, nonprofit expertise, governance experience, and community-centered economic development provides a distinctive foundation for leading large-scale corporate philanthropy and social-impact strategies.