Bio

Amy joined Brookwood in 2002. At Brookwood, she focuses on Mergers and Acquisitions as well as private capital raising for middle market consumer companies. Prior to joining Brookwood, Amy was a Managing Director in Banc of America Securities’ Mergers and Acquisitions group. Over her 15 years spent at Banc of America Securities and predecessor organizations including NationsBanc Montgomery Securities, she advised senior management teams, boards of directors and business owners in a variety of strategic and financial transactions including: acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, exclusive sales, divestitures, ESOPs, public equity and debt offerings and private equity and debt placements. She has over 30 years of experience advising companies across a broad range of industries but primarily focuses on multi unit consumer facing businesses and franchise businesses. Over the past 25 years, she has developed specific expertise in the restaurant industry working with both restaurant concepts, franchisors and franchisees on numerous assignments. She was named one of 25 top women in Mid-Market M&A by Mergers and Acquisition magazine in 2015 and 2016. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude with a double major in mathematics and economics from Duke University. She lives in Atlanta with her husband and has three grown children and two precious Labradoodles. She is also an active community volunteer and on the board of Sandy Springs Society, a group which raises money to improve the quality of life for the residents of Sandy Springs, GA. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, cooking, spending time at the lake, hiking, and following the Duke Blue Devils.