Amy Berardi

Amy Berardi holds over 20 years of experience in luxury, retail, and hospitality across North and South America. She has successfully launched and expanded brands such as Tory Burch and Kenzo in Brazil, the United States, and the Caribbean.

At multinational companies including LVMH and Heinemann Americas, Amy developed expertise in international product development, branding, content creation, digital marketing, e-commerce, and visual merchandising. She is proficient in Salesforce, WordPress, Adobe InDesign, and Shopify.

Driven by a commitment to the small business owners who power the U.S. economy, Amy spent two years as a pro bono consultant with TAP before joining the organization as Director of Marketing and Communications. She has also served as a guest speaker at the University of Illinois' Gies College of Business.

Amy holds a BS in Marketing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management. She is fluent in Portuguese and proficient in Spanish.