Amy Roark is a Team Lead Contracting Officer with the Missile Defense Agency’s SM-3 Missile program, where she uses creativity and ingenuity to work with program stakeholders on the development and deployment of a layered Missile Defense System to defend the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and friends from missile attacks in all phases of flight while complying with all contractual rules and regulations. She is a graduate of Birmingham-Southern College, The University of Alabama School of Law, and Leadership Greater Huntsville’s Connect Class 19. She cofounded give256, a giving circle that makes philanthropy accessible to everyone, and she has served the community in many roles including as the President of the Junior League of Huntsville, board member of the WEDC and Huntsville Museum of Art Guild, and a member of the Committee of 100 YP and of Huntsville Hospital’s Development Council, among others. She loves headbands, Huntsville history, and themed parties, and her favorite Taylor Swift album is Reputation.

Amy is so excited to support the Huntsville Botanical Gardens in the Grow the Garden campaign. Not only is it a beautiful space for community members to enjoy and commune with nature, but it’s conservation and research projects are saving species native to Alabama, helping our ecosystem continue to thrive. The Garden also offers educational opportunities for children and adults alike, ensuring a lifetime of discoveries. Amy’s love for the Garden started in the fourth grade with a visit to the Aquatic Garden after she wrote a paper on water lilies. It was so exciting to see something she’d only read about in her own town! She also looks forward to kicking off Christmas with the a walk through of the Galaxy of Lights every year.