Amar serves as founder and principal of Stronger Communities, a social impact consulting firm, which supports leaders and organizations to build and implement vision, strategy, and ultimately realize their community impact goals. He is passionate about cultivating conditions for communities to become places where all flourish – places free of poverty and filled with love and opportunity. A son of Indian immigrants, a first-generation Hoosier and American K-12 public schools graduate, Amar graduated from Vanderbilt University with a degree in biomedical engineering. He began his career as a high school science teacher through Teach For America in Chicago. He went on to serve as Executive Director of Teach For America Indianapolis during which time he led the organization to top-flight results across the national network. He is a member of the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series Class XLIV, recipient of Indianapolis Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 Award, and was named among “Indy’s Best and Brightest” by Junior Achievement of Central Indiana. Amar serves on the boards of Rooted School Foundation, Teach For India US, Tindley Accelerated Schools, and the Arthur M. Glick Jewish Community Center of Indianapolis.
