Cultural Diversity Roster

Hull is an engaging and dynamic speaker and trainer interweaving vulnerability, relevance, educational research, corporate and educational experience, analogy and purpose into any training or speaking engagement she encounters. Participants have shared publicly, “One of the best parts of the day! Interactive and informative!” and “Thank you for the thought provoking, authentic, and entertaining presentation! You did a fantastic job of helping us realize why DE&I matters!” An individual that she consulted from preschool teacher to Head of DE&I in a school district states, “there is no one like Amy, she has changed my life and she makes all of those around her better.”

Professionally, Hull designed and executed the DE&I strategic plan for Paycor, Inc and has been integrating this work into business goals and outcomes since October, 2020. Just one year later, Paycor received the DE&I practices award mentioned above. She was personally trained and coached by a former Global Diversity Officer and received her official certification in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from the University of South Florida. In addition to her work in the educational environment, Hull is the founder and owner of Equity LDI, LLC, a consulting firm that provides guidance in leadership development, diversity, equity, and inclusion. She has worked with individuals, private companies, non-profits, school systems, local governments and communities to increase awareness, instill meaning and stimulate action for those environments.

Hull got her start as an educator and for nearly 20 years worked as a high school biology teacher (7 years) and high school administrator (10 years) seeing firsthand the effects that bureaucracy, government, socioeconomics, curriculum, power structures, and other societal pitfalls have had on various populations in America. Her work in the schools always infused elements of diversity, equity and inclusion as well as civil rights and responsibility into the work and the students or staff. She is featured in Oyler School: Dramatic Turnaround in A Poverty Stricken Community, an Amazon Prime Documentary that details the life of two high school seniors fighting the symptoms of generational poverty and a school with creative solutions. Hull’s work there led to her receiving the Next Generation Leadership Award in 2015.

Hull’s work is grounded and propelled by her own family’s journey with race in America as a black middle-class family as well as the raising of her own two children. Personally, their story became her fight for change. Hull was raised by parents 20 years apart in age. Her father, often found in the business world as the “only one in the room” went on to integrate several community and civic organizations as well as businesses from the 1950’s to 1980’s. Her mother, the youngest of three and nicknamed “Pinky” for her lighter melanin hue, was raised in the thick of the Civil Rights Movement, started and completed her studies after age 40 with three college degrees (2 advanced) and retired as a Montessori elementary school principal. Witnessing their experiences and others around her instilled a determination for Hull to work for those who are voiceless.

Hull has a B.S. in Biology (Ohio University.) an M.Ed. in Education (Xavier University (Ohio), and another M.Ed. in Administration (University of Cincinnati). She was a 2019 Top 100 Working Woman (Cincinnati Herald/MAO Brand). Hull is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and a Board member for the non-profit exclusive Services, LLC working to help the minority community with integrated health services like drug rehabilitation, prevention, and mental health for adults and youth in Ohio. She is a member of the National Association of African-American Human Resources (NAAAHR) as a member of their Senior Advisory Council. She loves being a mom to her two sons. She enjoys traveling, music, watching football, tennis and reading to lead.

Hull is currently working on her first book Undo: What to stop doing to be a superb inclusive leader expected to be released Fall, 2023. Current published works, and podcasts are featured below.