Healthy Learners announces the departure of Executive Director Amy Splittgerber after five transformative years
May 14, 2025
The Healthy Learners Board of Directors announces the departure in good standing of Executive Director Amy Splittgerber, concluding five years of distinguished leadership and service. Her tenure has been marked by extraordinary growth, innovation, and a lasting impact across South Carolina.
Since joining Healthy Learners in 2019, Amy played a pivotal role in expanding the organization’s reach and effectiveness, advancing its mission to remove health barriers to learning for children in need. Under her guidance, Healthy Learners blended clinical efficiency with a compassionate approach, strengthening its connection to the communities it serves. From 2019 to 2025, the organization reached 15,269 students and delivered a total of 68,644 healthcare services statewide.
Throughout her leadership, Amy demonstrated unwavering dedication, particularly during the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. She led the organization through this critical period while maintaining continuity of care and extending outreach to more families than ever before.
Amy also spearheaded the development of a comprehensive strategic plan that became the foundation for the organization’s growth. The plan emphasized proactive community engagement, targeted resource allocation, and the removal of systemic barriers to education and healthcare access.
One of her hallmark achievements was securing critical funding that enabled Healthy Learners to double its operational capacity. This expansion included the recruitment of Spanish-speaking staff to better serve South Carolina’s growing Hispanic population and ensure more equitable access to services.
“Amy has led Healthy Learners with energy and concern for our mission, always encouraging initiative from staff and supporting them in carrying out the CSA founding mission to eradicate children’s health barriers to learning,” said Sister Nancy Hendershot.
As Amy transitions to the next chapter in her professional journey, the Board expresses its profound gratitude for her leadership, achievements, and unwavering commitment to the mission of Healthy Learners. The organization remains steadfast in its vision to inspire hope and foster a brighter future for all children in South Carolina.
During this time of transition, leadership of Healthy Learners will be assumed by Donna Waites, President of the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina, who will serve in an interim capacity. The Board of Trustees will launch a comprehensive search for the next Executive Director in the coming weeks, ensuring a thoughtful and inclusive process that honors the mission and momentum of the organization.
About Healthy Learners
Healthy Learners is on a mission to transform the futures of children in poverty in South Carolina. Research has proven that education is the key for children to go further in life. It empowers them to obtain higher-wage jobs, make positive life choices, and learn to invest in their future communities to make them stronger, healthier, and vibrant. For many children in poverty, their educational success is at risk because of fixable healthcare challenges that have not been addressed, known as Health Barriers to Learning. Healthy Learners was created to address these challenges head-on and serve as the catalyst to ensure every child receives the health care they need to thrive in school. Healthy Learners works collaboratively with communities, schools, healthcare providers, and families to remove health barriers to learning through screening, referral, and access to medical services. Healthy Learners serves Pre-K through 12th grade students to improve academic and health-related outcomes.
