Amy Woods Brinkley is an American business executive who was the Global Risk Executive of Bank of America from 2001 to 2009. At the age of 53 in June 2009, she and CEO Ken Lewis "agreed she would retire," according to a New York Times report,[1] after a surge in credit losses led to a government bailout and orders by regulators to raise $33.9 billion of capital (Reuters). She was elected to the board of directors of Roper Technologies in 2015.[2]
Brinkley was awarded the top position on US Banker magazine's 2005 list of "Most Powerful Women in Banking,"[3] and was number 23 on Fortune's "50 Most Powerful Women in Business" in 2006[4] and 2007 [5] and 22nd in 2008, when she was reported to be "a possible candidate to succeed ... Ken Lewis."[6] Brinkley was named to the Fortune 500 list nine consecutive years. Additionally, The Wall Street Journal and Forbes cited her as one of the leading women in business.
Brinkley graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She serves on the Bank of America Charitable Foundation Board of Directors. She also serves as a trustee for both the Princeton Theological Seminary and the Carolinas HealthCare System. She is a member of the governing board of the Carolina Thread Trail. Previously, she served on the Institute of International Finance Board of Directors and the President's Commission on White House Fellowships and participated in the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.