Sarah Amico is the Chairman of the Board at Jack Cooper Holdings Corp, and the Head of Mergers and Acquisitions. Mrs. Amico also serves on the board's Nominating and Governance Committee. Mrs. Amico previously worked as the Head of Strategic Planning at APA Talent and Literary Agency in Beverly Hills, where she also launched and led the company's Entertainment Marketing & Brand Integration Department. During this time, she secured multi-party agreements among top content creators, marquis talent, large content distributors, and leading brands. Mrs. Amico specialized in licensing agreements, branded entertainment, equity compensation deals and multi-platform promotions. Prior to joining APA, Mrs. Amico worked at the William Morris Agency in both Beverly Hills and New York, starting in the agency's famed Mailroom trainee program.
She worked in the Motion Picture, Film Finance and Corporate Consulting departments before joining the launch team of WMA's The Mailroom Fund - a seed capital fund raised in partnership with AT&T, Venrock and Accel Partners. During her time in the entertainment industry, Mrs. Amico worked on initiatives for some of the world's largest and most recognizable brands, including General Motors, Time Inc., Starbucks, Reader's Digest, Amtrak, OPI, Harry & David, the Kardashians, and Virgin America Airlines. Mrs. Amico received her BA in Politics magna cum laude from Washington & Lee University and her MBA from Harvard Business School.