Amie Heap

Amie Heap serves as Director of Global Citizenship and Sustainability at Abbott. She is also the co-chair of the Abbott Center for Malnutrition Solutions. In these roles, Ms. Heap leads initiatives that contribute to Abbott’s 2030 Sustainability Plan ambition to transform care for malnutrition, chronic disease, and infectious disease, with a goal to improve the lives of 3 billion people a year by decade’s end. Ms. Heap previously served as Director of Health Policy, Education and Alliances and as the Director of the Abbott Nutrition Health Institute. In this capacity, she directed the creation of health and nutrition resources that assist healthcare professionals, and the populations they serve, on a global level. Prior to joining Abbott, Amie served as the Senior Nutrition Advisor in the Office of HIV/AIDS in the Bureau of Global Health at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In this position, Amie provided technical assistance to 30 countries in eastern and southern Africa, southeast Asia and the Caribbean implementing global HIV/nutrition/food security programs. She also served as the HIV/nutrition strategic information liaison to the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator. Amie received a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics from Brigham Young University and a Master of Public Health degree from The George Washington University.