Amy Downs

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Bio

In 1995, Amy Downs was one of the last survivors to be pulled from the rubble following the Oklahoma City bombing which killed 168 people including 18 of her 33 co-workers at the Federal Employees Credit Union.

Embracing her second chance at life, Amy launched a campaign of self- improvement and empowerment. She went from a 355-pound couch potato to completing a Full Ironman Triathlon. From flunking out of math class to earning her master’s degree in Business Administration. From a teller to CEO of the same
credit union nearly destroyed in the bombing.

Amy is now a full time speaker and author of Hope is a Verb, which is available on Amazon. Most recently, Amy was featured in two documentaries produced by National Geographic and Netflix.

Speaking Topic

Live Like You Mean It

Most people wait for a big moment to change their life. For Amy, that moment was being buried alive. A survivor of the Oklahoma City bombing, Amy went from a 355-pound teller to an IRONMAN triathlete and CEO…not through luck, but by taking one small step at a time. In this unforgettable keynote, Amy shares the story behind her transformation and invites you to consider your own. With humor, grit, and hard-won wisdom, she’ll challenge you to stop waiting and start living like you mean it. If you’ve been feeling stuck, burned out, or like life is passing you by… this is the spark of hope you’ve been waiting for.

Audiences will learn how to:

Embrace Active Hope: Use hope as fuel, not fantasy – and move from stuck to starting.
Cultivate a Growth Mindset: Shift your perspective to find opportunity in adversity.
Transform Trials into Triumphs: Take real, practical steps toward personal and professional breakthroughs.

Breakout Session: Magic Wand Thinking: Envision limitless possibilities and take actionable steps to transform dreams into reality.

During her keynote, Amy Downs challenges her audience to consider what they would do if they had a magic wand and could make anything happen. This breakout session will dive deeper into Magic Wand Thinking. How do you bring clarity to what is most important to you and to your place of work? Once identified, how do you craft the next steps to achieving those goals? Smart goal setting relies on a clear understanding of purpose, values, and relationships. Amy will guide the audience through exercises that will help them have the wisdom to see what is most important and the courage to make it happen.