Amy Ravit Korin

Oy! readers first met Interactive Amy back in 2010, when she was featured as a Jew You Should Know, JDate guru and all around social media expert. Amy founded interactiveAmy Social Media Consulting in 2009, and her passion for social media and helping businesses succeed online is evident in her job as Regional Community Management Lead for Google.  

“Amy is an endless bundle of energy who is always working to bring the community together in more ways than you can ever imagine,” her husband Josh said. “I marvel every day at how Amy is able to do it all and keep so many things moving forward simultaneously.”

He describes Amy as a connector, going out of her way to help people find love, work or even new friends.  Amy's job is to bring the community together, which, Josh says, she was doing long before being employed by Google. Amy is also a giver, who believes in the power of Tikkun Olam, and has served on the board of Social Media Club Chicago, Social Media Week Advisory Board and Steppenwolf Theatre Auxiliary Council.

She is that girl who knows everyone and loves all things Chicago. She and Josh live in the city with their two pet turtles, North and Wells, and together travel the country attending Phish shows.

Name:
Amy Ravit Korin

Age:
34

Pays the bills:
Community Manager Lead at Google

On the side:
I love to travel (especially for Phish shows, closing in on #100!), connecting people and I am all about all things social.

Relationship status:
Taken. I married the first boy I ever kissed (who I met at a summer camp roller skating social...fast forward to 13 years later, we reconnected on JDate and are living happily ever after!)

Describe yourself in 10 words or less:
Interactive! High-energy. Hard-working. Fun-loving. Community-minded. Giving.

Celebrity doppelganger:
Debra Messing

How do you Jew in Chicago?
By bringing people together: I have one Jewish wedding under my belt, I love helping people pimp out their JDate profiles, and I am an avid hoster of holiday meals.

By sharing what I know: I've been featured on Oy!Chicago as a Jew You Should Know, (sharing JDate profile tips), spoken on panels at the JVS/JUF Career Fair, and helped Jewish Vocational Services with their online marketing.

Passions:
I am a professional networker, but it doesn't feel like work since I love meeting new people. I love road tripping, going to concerts and spending time with my friends and my family. And when I have time chill and watch TV, you'll find my DVR full of Beverly Hills, 90210, Law & Order: SVU and Dateline.

How do you give back?
Through my work at Google, I work with many non-profit organizations and community groups teaching them about online marketing and ways to get involved in the Chicago community. I serve on the Advisory Board for Social Media Week and I also contribute to causes that are important to my friends and family, supporting races, fundraising efforts and volunteering my time when I can.

Fill in the blank: If time and money were limitless, I would:
Find a cure for cancer, pay off my student loans and my mortgage, ensure that my family is forever taken care of, donate a lot, save some and take one heck of a trip!

Chicago's Jewish community in 10 years:
Will be thriving even more so than it is today.  I would love to see a vibrant, diverse and healthy community dedicated to the values of Tikkun Olam.

Me in 10 years:
I'll still be in Chicago (city not the suburbs!), networking up a storm, doing work that I love and giving back to the community.  Hopefully my family will have expanded beyond my husband and our two pet turtles (North & Wells) and will also include kids and a goldendoodle.