Amy King Ruggaber is an arts programming consultant, program specialist, theatre teaching artist, actress, singer, writer, and advocate. Along with her husband, Brian, she founded Ruggaber Creatives in 2018.  Ruggaber Creatives specializes in working primarily with not-for-profit arts and social justice organizations which include equity and access as a part of their core mission, including The Benjamin L. Hooks Instutute for Social Change at the University of Memphis, Hattiloo Theatre, Cazateatro Bilingual Theatre Company, and Nrityarpana School for Performing Arts.  Previously, she was the Manager of the Robert E. Gard Award-winning Fellows Program for ArtUp/ArtsMemphis and served as the Associate Executive Director of the innovative theatre company, Playback Memphis.  Deeply committed to shining a light on the vital role of the arts in communities, Amy participates in arts advocacy efforts through her involvement with the Americans for the Arts and the Tennesseans for the Arts, where she was formerly a member of the Board and the Administrative Director.  As an educator specializing in arts integration, Amy has taught and directed programs for Hattiloo Theatre, Madonna Learning Center, Playhouse on the Square, and DeltaArts since her family’s move to Memphis in 2013.  From 2007-2013 she served as the Director of Education Outreach at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati (ETC).  There, she represented ETC in the original STRIVE Initiative’s Arts Education Student Success Network and worked to develop educational collaborations between arts organizations from all disciplines through the Greater Cincinnati Alliance for Arts Education (GCAAE).  She served as the 2012-2013 Co-Chair of GCAAE and as a representative to the State Board of the Ohio Alliance for Arts Education.  Amy specializes in creating programs that amplify the unique voice of participants within the community and she has written over sixty short plays with creative input from the students for whom they were created.  Her work has been profiled nationally for its effectiveness and unique contribution to education in the Greater Cincinnati Area.  She has blogged for The Americans for the Arts, ETC, The Write Teacher(s), and ArtsMemphis.  Amy and her husband Brian, a Designer for the Entertainment industry and University of Memphis faculty member, live in Memphis with their son, Nate, and their rescue dog, Jessie.