Amy Van Prooyen
Chief Executive Officer, Verndari, Inc.

Sacramento, California | PathNorth member since 2011

Amy Van Prooyen, Esq. was named Chief Executive Officer at Verndari, Inc. in 2022. She previously served as the company’s Chief Legal Officer, working to protect Verndari’s proprietary vaccine delivery science and technology. Verndari aims to improve global health with more effective delivery of vaccines, at lower cost, to people around the world.

For more than a decade, Ms. Van Prooyen served as the founder and managing partner of Van Prooyen Greenfield LLP, a law firm with offices in New York and San Francisco. She provided strategic counsel to mitigate and manage a range of issues and for leading law firms and global companies and worked to protect business objectives for organizations. Prior to founding Van Prooyen Greenfield LLP, Ms. Van Prooyen was a vice president in the Crisis and Reputation Risk practice for Edelman in New York City.

Ms. Van Prooyen received the Distinguished Alumna Award and was named the Sorenson Distinguished Lecturer at the University of Utah, where she previously served as adjunct faculty. She is currently a member of the Board of Counselors at the University of San Francisco School of Law, the Partnership Board at the University of Utah College of Humanities, and the Board of Directors at Live Like Sam Foundation, a non-profit organization promoting well-being and leadership in youth.

Ms. Van Prooyen received a B.A. and an M.A, summa cum laude, from the University of Utah and a J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law.