Amy Jordheim has a Master’s in Public Health from Benedictine University and has worked all over the world in public health for 2 decades.  Amy joined GFR because, “sustainability and partnership with local communities is the key to making a difference in our world and this is what GFR does – installing permanent clean water facilities, building community centers, schools, and clinics, and by providing in-depth learning opportunities for medical, nursing, and dental students everywhere GFR goes.”

A published author, Amy has numerous continuing education courses designed to help medical personnel learn more about diseases they don’t see frequently and to provide more culturally balanced education for their patients.  She most recently developed a course designed to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases, including COVID. This course has been published in more than 10 languages. She has led more than 85 medical and dental teams into the field during disasters, for post-disaster recovery, and to partner to improve the health and health education in many communities around the world.

In her spare time, Amy is a dedicated volunteer with Global First Responder and Team Rubicon, a Nationally Registered Advanced EMT, a photographer, a weaver, and most importantly, with her husband of 49 years, a parent and grandparent to a bunch of above-average children and grandchildren (in their own minds) and a wonderful cat named Fiona.