In 2000 as a newly-single mother with a 4WD truck, Amy returned to off-roading to spend quality time with her young son.
Disability had taken away her ability to travel easily on 2 legs, but enhanced her ability to drive with 4 tires. Off-roading soon became her family’s passion. When the Forest Service began analysis of forests in California to comply with the Travel Management Rule, it became clear that recreation enthusiasts needed help submitting comments. In 2005, Amy started the CORVA Comments Project with 2 colleagues, which has taught over 800 off-roaders, equestrians, mountain bikers, rockhounds and agency personnel how to write substantive comments on NEPA documents for federal agencies and CEQA documents for California projects.
From 2009 to 2011 Amy served as the Northern Natural Resources Consultant for the California 4 Wheel Drive Association, and since 2011 she has been the Managing Director of CORVA, the California Off-Road Vehicle Association. Additionally, in 2015 she founded the CORVA Foundation, a division of the California Trail Users Coalition a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, and serves as Executive Director.
Amy served as OHV representative on the Off Highway Motorized Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) Commission committee for Education and Awareness from 2008 – 2012, and continue to serve on a number of different committees for the State of California including the Recreational Trails Program (RTP) Advisory Board as vice-chair from 2010 – present, recreation representative on the Department of Parks and Recreation Path Forward 2026, and the OHMVR Commission Committee on Diversity and Inclusion.
Amy also represent recreation enthusiasts on the Forest Service’s Sustainable Outdoor Recreation Coalition and is a member of the Forest Service Northwest Forest Plan Revision Partnership Working Group for upcoming forest plan revisions in California, Oregon and Washington. In 2010 she was the recipient of the CORVA Edward H Waldheim ABA Political Activism Award and in 2017 she was awarded the George Thomas Award for Off Roader of the Year. In 2019 she received the Impact Award for Advocacy from the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame.
