Amy Riccardi Leadership Evolution GroupLEG

Amy Riccardi

Founder & CEO·Speaker
School Board Member·Educator

I help leaders build sticky workplaces no one wants to leave.

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Amy Riccardi, Founder and CEO of Leadership Evolution Group and Loudoun County School Board Member

Public service

Serving Loudoun County Public Schools.

$2.1BAnnual budget

78,000Students

15,600Employees

Loudoun County School Board

Sterling District

Amy was elected to the Loudoun County School Board in November 2025 and represents the Sterling District for a four-year term. She chairs the Performance Monitoring Committee, serves on the Finance and Operations Committee and the Audit Committee, and is the Board liaison to the Career and Technical Education Advisory Committee.

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Current board

Loudoun Youth, Inc.

Member, Board of Directors. A Loudoun County nonprofit that coordinates community resources to develop youth programs and create leadership opportunities for young people.

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Past service

Women in Business Initiative

Advisory Board Member (Emeritus), Costello College of Business, George Mason University. A 40-member board supporting businesswomen and female business students through mentorship and scholarships.

The work

Twenty-five years of solving people problems.

Amy founded Leadership Evolution Group 25 years ago and has served more than 100 organizations since. CEOs call her when they can see a people problem but not its cause: turnover, weak accountability, a leadership team that is not working. She uses data to find the root cause, then builds the fix with them as a trusted advisor. She is certified in Kolbe and CliftonStrengths. She designed the human capital strategy for a $10 billion State Department contract.

Consulting

Leadership strategy for complex people problems.

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Speaking

The Engaged Workplace keynote and talks.

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The Engaged Workplace: short lessons on building a place people want to work.

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Teaching and writing

A practitioner who keeps learning.

Teaching

Adjunct Professor, Costello College of Business, George Mason University, where she teaches Organizational Behavior. Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction, George Mason University.

Scholarship

PhD student in Organization and Management, with a focus on leadership, Liberty University.

Writing

Co-author of We Have Always Done It That Way: 101 Things About Associations We Must Change (2006, as Amy Smith). Author of the forthcoming book The Engaged Workplace.