Why I give…
Amy E. Kellogg ’86 Amy Kellogg’s father held in his hand the letter from The Ohio State University College of Law. His daughter had been accepted to the best law school in the state – one of only two students admitted that year from The University of Toledo. He would not live long enough to see her start, much less graduate. “He died knowing I had been accepted at Ohio State. It was significant for him and me,” she said.
Her legal education was made more affordable thanks to scholarships she received along the way. “Somebody said one time that you can never pay back everyone who helped you, so you have to pay it forward,” she said. For that reason, Kellogg has been a steadfast donor to the law school’s annual fund and supporter of leadership scholarships for today’s students.
“It’s a wonderful feeling to know that you can play a part in helping someone achieve their dreams. I love helping somebody else have the same opportunities people were willing to give to me.” HOMETOWN: Avon Lake, Ohio CURRENT JOB: Partner at Baker & Hostetler LLP and co-chair of its national real estate team and head of the real estate practice group in Cleveland
WHAT YOU WON’T FIND ON HER RESUME: Through the College Now program in Cleveland, Kellogg is mentoring a freshman who is the first in her family attending college – just as Kellogg was in hers. The two swap emails frequently. “I just want her to know she’s not going through it alone,” Kellogg said. “It’s fun to go through that freshman-year experience with her.”
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), International Council of Shopping Centers, Urban Land Institute, and the American, Ohio State, and Cleveland Metropolitan bar associations.
COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS: Board member for The Gathering Place, LAND Studio, and Epilepsy Association and tutor with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.
PASSIONS: Traveling, working in the community and doing what she can to give back. “I want to leave the world better than I found it. Whatever tiny thing I can do, I will do it.”
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