Amy L. Towers (born 1970) is an American philanthropist and businesswoman who was formerly the

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Biography

Towers was a French language and Finance major in college and then worked as a banker for nine yearsNew York Sun: "Out & About" by A.L. GORDON
November 30, 2006 before becoming COO of the hedge fund

, founded by her former husband.Wall Street Journal: "Creating a Policy Research Center in a 'Risky' Zone" by Shelly Banjo
July 19, 2010
May 19, 2006 In 2004, after five years at Glenview, she left the firm to become a full-time philanthropist.

Philanthropy

In 2006, Amy and her then husband donated $5 million to create the Mercury Fund for Emergency Response which provides

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with dedicated funds to use during the early stages of disasters and humanitarian crises. In 2006, she was awarded UNICEF’s Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award for her work in conflict zones in

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, Darfur,

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, and

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and ...

.Businessweek: "Amy Robbins-Member of Advisory Council, Acumen Fund, Inc."
retrieved September 12, 2014 In 2007, she founded the Nduna Foundation to provide aid to children in the developing world with an emphasis on food security, HIV/AIDS, education, conservation, and wildlife restoration in Africa.Zimbabwe Daily News: "Nduna Foundation pledges $1 million to build center and data hub in Zimbabwe
July 28, 2010Philanthropy News Digest: "Nduna Foundation Awards $1 Million to Launch Zimbabwe Research, Data Hub"
July 24, 2010 In 2008, she donated $2 million to Teach for America to recruit teachers. In 2010, she donated $1 million to establish the Zimbabwe Collaborative Centre for Operational Research and Evaluation, a policy research and data hub in Zimbabwe created in partnership with the United Nations Children's Fund that provides information to charitable organizations looking to provide assistance in Zimbabwe. In 2010, she elected to serve a five-year term on the board of directors of the

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Foundation. In 2010, Richard Branson, the Nduna Foundation, and Humanity United, an organization backed by Pam Omidyar, the wife of

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founder Pierre Omidyar founded Enterprise Zimbabwe. She serves as a Member of the Advisory Council of

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, as board member of

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, The Elders,

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, The U.S. Fund for UNICEF, The

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, KIPP Academy Charter Schools, The Allen-Stevenson School, and Teach for All. She is also actively involved with the

Robin Hood Foundation The Robin Hood Foundation is a charitable organization which attempts to alleviate problems caused by poverty in New York City. The organization also administers a relief fund for disasters in the New York City area. In 2010, a key supporter gave ...

, the

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, and The

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing pediatric HIV infection and eliminating pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs. Founded in 1988 ...

.Mary Robinson Foundation: "Amy Robbins"
retrieved September 12, 2014 She is currently the board chair of Mana Nutrition, a producer of RUTF in Fitzgerald, GA.

Personal life

She was married to hedge fund manager Larry Robbins. They had four sons and later divorced. She is now married to Jeff Towers.

References

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