Amy Parsons serves as the Executive Vice Chancellor of the Colorado State University System, overseeing strategy and initiatives across the three CSU System institutions (CSU Fort Collins, CSU Pueblo, and CSU Global Campus) and throughout Colorado.  Amy manages strategic partnerships and projects including the National Western Center redevelopment in Denver, the Todos Santos Center in Mexico, the Ascend program based in Fort Collins, and the construction of CSU’s new football stadium. She oversees the operations of the Board of Governors of the CSU System, and the Denver System office. Amy serves on the Board of the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Denver, The Confucius Institute, is a Trustee of  Western Stock Show Association and serves as a member of Colorado Concern and the Metro Denver EDC Executive Committee.

Amy’s previous roles at CSU include Vice President for University Operations in Fort Collins,
Deputy General Counsel and Special Assistant Attorney General for CSU and Assistant Professor in the School of Education, teaching the Law of Higher Ed and Higher Ed Administration.

Before joining CSU, Amy practiced law at the firm Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber and Schreck, specializing in commercial litigation.  She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Colorado State University and her Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado, Boulder.