Amy Landesman

President, Amy Landesman Consulting

 

Amy Landesman Consulting provides an array of services to community-based organizations and the public sector including program design and implementation; staff training, curriculum design and facilitation strategies; management coaching, leadership development and team building; and meeting facilitation, retreats and conferences.  Clients include the Center for Self-Sufficiency, Safer Foundation, Commonwealth Corporation, Center for Urban Families/National Practitioners Leadership Institute, Coffey Consulting, Development Without Limits, Feeding America, Maher & Maher, NYC Department of Small Business Services, NYC Labor Market Information Services,  City University of NY, Economic Mobility , Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN), National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP), MANY, RHYTTAC, Association of Community Services of Howard County, National Urban League, Pennsylvania Workforce Development Association, CEUonestop.com, Per Scholas and NYATEP.

 

She previously served as the Executive Director of Workforce Professionals Training Institute (WPTI), a non-profit training and technical assistance organization devoted to strengthening the field of workforce development.  Under her leadership, WPTI tripled its training staff, created scores of training workshops, and developed customized training and consulting packages for organizations within and outside of the New York City metropolitan region.  During this time, she was an Advisory Board Member for JobsFirstNYC and the NYC Labor Market Information Service.

 

Prior to WPTI, she was the Director of Training & Technical Assistance at NADAP.   While at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA), she developed and conducted trainings for BizLink, a national project that linked employers with social service providers, and co-produced a series of training manuals and a video for employers who have hired individuals in recovery.  While working at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, Center for Urban Community Services and Veritas, she was the Director of several housing and employment programs for individuals with mental illness, substance abuse and homelessness. 

 

Amy completed the Columbia University Business School Senior Leadership Program for Non-Profit Professionals.  She received her Bachelor's degree in Psychology from SUNY-Albany and her Master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from New York University.

 

 

 

 

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