Amy Courter serves as Chief Information Officer of VisionIT.
As CIO, Courter leads the business in the planning and implementation of enterprise information systems supporting both distributed and centralized business operations in order to achieve more efficient and effective enterprise-wide IT operations. Courter provides the vision for meeting the business’ current and future information and technology needs, while ensuring the alignment and integration of IT with the overall vision, mission, and values of VisionIT.
Prior to joining VisionIT, Courter served as National Commander of the United States Air Force Auxiliary, the Civil Air Patrol. Serving as a Major General, she was the first female to gain this distinction in the nearly 70 years of the Civil Air Patrol’s History. As the National Commander of the all-volunteer CAP from 2007-2011, Courter led 61,000 plus unpaid professionals in fulfillment of its three Congressionally chartered missions: Emergency services, Cadet Programs and Aerospace Education, as well as CAP’s increasing roles in America’s homeland security and Cyber. Courter’s commitment to public trust and transparency aided CAP and stabilized the organization. Courter increased CAP’s partnerships and expanded CAP’s customer base, and also increased CAP’s scholarship funding by over 50% during her tenure.
Maj. Gen. Courter joined CAP’s Michigan Wing in 1979 and served as commander of the wing from 1999 to 2002. During her tenure, the wing received each of the National Mission awards. She has also served CAP nationally as chair of the CAP Cadet Programs, Professional Development, and Infrastructure Committees and as a senior adviser to the CAP National Cadet Advisory Council.
In her career, Courter’s rich and diverse background includes 20 years of leadership at Valassis, a $2.3 billion public marketing services corporation. First as a manager, and later as Vice President of Information Technology and Telecommunications, Courter oversaw all Information Technology operations and projects. She also led the Telecommunications Division where she forged a collaborative environment in which these two previously separate teams worked in harmony, sharing workload and cross-training for advanced development of employees.