Amy Ard is the Founder and Executive Director of Motherhood Beyond Bars, an Atlanta-based nonprofit serving pregnant and incarcerated women in Georgia jails and prisons, their infants, and the caregiving families who receive them. Under her leadership, MBB has supported more than 540 infants and 1,300 family members across 13 Georgia counties, operates the only childbirth education program inside Georgia jail facilities, and conducts the first nationally recognized longitudinal research on the health impacts of parental incarceration on infants.

Amy's work bridges direct service, advocacy, and systems change. She holds a B.A. from Denison University and a Master of Theological Studies from Vanderbilt University, and trained as a childbirth doula and educator before founding MBB. She is a recipient of the Marian Wright Edelman Award, the NFL Inspire Change Changemaker Award, and the Center for Civic Innovation Good Trouble Honor, and received the Denison University Alumni Citation in 2026, the university's highest alumni honor.