Kim Humphrey is President/CEO of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME.org). Kim has over 30 years of leadership experience with international companies including Huntington Ingalls/Newport News Shipbuilding where she was responsible for leading strategic initiatives and supplier development. Her diverse background includes quality management, logistics and operations management, continuous improvement, and process excellence.
Kim serves on the Board of Directors for the Virginia Senate Productivity and Quality Award (SPQA) and has lead the Discovery Program. She also served on the Virginia One’s to Watch Program as a mentor. She is a Baldrige National Quality Award Board Examiner and a Board Member of the Future of Hampton Roads (FHR). She has extensive experience in the business community. She is a Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Leadership Institute graduate and previously served as the President of the Chamber of Commerce LVP (Leadership Virginia Peninsula) organization. Kim also serves on the New Horizon Regional Education Centers Foundation Board.
She also is a Virginia Supreme Court certified mediator, mentor, and trainer.
Kim attended Rochester Institute of Technology and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Nazareth College.