Amy Summers shares her journey from a Southern girl in Florida to a successful entrepreneur in New York City. She discusses the challenges she faced during the 2008 financial crisis, her transition to remote work, and the importance of mentorship in leadership. Amy emphasizes the need for connection and communication in remote teams and how technology can both assist and hinder human interaction. She also highlights her mentorship platform, INICIVOX, and encourages leaders to be more aware of their mentoring roles.
Amy Summers is an entrepreneur, communications expert, and author of Lift: 10 Mentorship Touchpoints to Empower Your Team and Accelerate Your Career (February 2026). (the main idea is that mentorship isn’t a title, it’s a daily leadership behavior. It focuses on how leaders can intentionally lift others through actions rather than advice.
With more than two decades of experience leading virtual organizations, Amy teaches professionals how to build trust, communicate with empathy, and lead with integrity in adisconnected workplace era. Amy Summers founded Pitch Publicity® in 2003, in her mid-twenties, building a proactive public relations agency that has since earned billions of media impressions for hundreds of companies and organizations. In 2020, she launched INICIVOX®, a virtual platform designed to harness mentorship to enhance communication skills. Summers’s pitching methodologies and mentorship success stories are showcased through her popular microcast, (a very short audio or video b roadcast, usually focused on one small idea or topic) The Pitch with Amy Summers, and podcast, Pitch Live with Amy Summers.
A pioneer in remote work and virtual mentorship, Summers has earned business, education, and communication awards in entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Based in New York City, Summers attributes her successful career start in public relations to her education at the University of Florida, where she later served as an adjunct lecturer and as a member of multiple boards of directors, including Student Press Law Center, showcasing her commitment to supporting journalism and free speech education.
Get In Touch With Amy:The website is https://lifttolead.com andshe can be found on most social platforms: X https://x.com/PitchAmy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amysummersnyc/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/amysummersNYC/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@pitchpublicitynyc Instagram https://www.instagram.com/amysummersnyc/ andTikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@amysummersnyc
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