Running for: Alumni Council

Amy Westpfahl A’00

Personal Statement

For the past 25 years I have worked in Office of Admissions at The Cooper Union. Being part of the community for this long, I have had the opportunity to work and grow with many incredible faculty, staff, students, and alumni; the very people that make Cooper the unique and dynamic institution it is. It is the hard work, commitment, and vision of this community that protects and nourishes the vision of Peter Cooper. I am committed to finding ways to engage with the many voices of the community and help grow Peter Cooper’s legacy. Given my relationship to the students, from their time as prospects to alumni, I believe I could help grow the strategy for alumni participation and further generate new alumni engagement.

Biography

Amy Westpfahl was born in Milwaukee Wisconsin and came to New York at 19 years of age to chase her dream of becoming an artist. She enrolled in Cooper Union as a transfer student and graduated with her BFA in 2000. She went on to pursue her MFA in Combined Media from Hunter College, graduating in 2007. She maintains a studio practice and has shown her work both locally and abroad. She has also taught photography as an adjunct professor at Lehman College, Borough of Manhattan of Community College, and The Cooper Union. Westpfahl is currently the Director of Admissions for Art & Architecture at The Cooper Union and is a longtime volunteer at ABC No Rio, a community center for art and activism on Manhattan’s Lower East side where she built a community darkroom facility and started a high school arts program.