Amy’s Bio: From Public Service to Serving Smiles

Amy’s journey began in public service, standing on the front lines as an Ohio State Trooper. For 15 years she protected strangers, carried families through their hardest days, and learned what it meant to show up—fully, fiercely, and with heart. She later continued that service for three more years as a police officer at UC Medical Center, a Level 1 trauma hospital where compassion was just as essential as courage.

During these years, Amy became a mom to three children who changed her life in ways she never expected. Her youngest was born with Down syndrome, opening the door to a new community—one filled with love, resilience, and a different kind of strength. As she navigated therapies, milestones, and celebrations, Amy found a place where her heart felt called.

But life had more to teach her. Her oldest child began to regress in his early teens, shifting from keeping pace with peers to needing profound levels of support. Suddenly, Amy was parenting on both ends of the disability spectrum—fighting for resources, inclusion, and opportunities that too often fell through the cracks.

Instead of accepting those gaps, Amy decided to build bridges. She spent four years gathering families, volunteers, and community leaders to bring GiGi’s Playhouse Cincinnati to life—a place where acceptance, education, and unconditional belonging became the foundation for hundreds of families.

Her passion didn’t stop at one solution. It grew. It expanded. It asked, What about adulthood? What about meaningful work? Who will open doors when the world keeps them closed?

Two years later, Amy answered that call again by opening ScoopAble Ice Cream—a joyful, inclusive business designed not to make people with disabilities fit into the typical world, but to build a world shaped beautifully around their strengths. ScoopAble gives individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities a workplace where they are celebrated, valued, and proudly themselves—and invites every customer to be part of that world of warmth, joy, and belonging.

From serving her state to serving her community, Amy’s mission has never changed: protect, uplift, and make life better for the people who need it most. Only now, she serves those smiles one scoop at a time.