Amanda Ruud
The Forum for Youth Investment's David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality Training Product & Process Design Specialist
Ypsilanti, MI
Amanda serves as the Training Product & Process Design Specialist for The Forum for Youth Investment’s Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality. Fifteen years of experience in out-of-school time settings--in roles ranging from volunteer to site director to board chairperson--informs her work every day. In all things she does, she is ever mindful that her work is always in service of young people.
Amanda holds a B.A. in English Language and Literature and an M.A. in Teaching from the University of Michigan (Go, Blue!) as well as a Provisional Teaching Certificate for grades K-8 with endorsements in ELA, Math, and ESL. Amanda also has a professional background in project management and marketing, which she regularly applies to her youth development work.