Her years of communications work in community and civic issue campaigns have honed an expertise that bridges government and public understanding, including the nationally award-winning Red White and Food campaign to allow Tennessee grocery stores to sell wine, IMPROVE Act campaign to fund state road and bridge infrastructure, Transit for Nashville campaign, coalition-building efforts for Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, and Tennessee Education Association community awareness campaigns.
Over her career Amanda has given thousands of pro bono hours to Nashville nonprofits: YWCA of Nashville & Middle Tennessee, literacy nonprofit Book’em, Hands On Nashville, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Tennessee, and Wings Foundation (formerly Human Trafficking Survivors Court Foundation), to name a few.
She has served on local boards of directors and leadership groups, including Book’em (communications chair), Nashville Chamber of Commerce – South Nashville Leadership Committee and Nashville Women’s Breakfast Club (secretary).
And she has given much of her heart and time to mentorship, both in helping create and evolve agency mentorship programs for junior colleagues and being a longtime trusted mentor to rising leaders.
Amanda is a voracious reader, writer and all-around lover of words. She was honored to work with Chattanooga nonprofit leader and disability rights advocate Mary Ann Schenk on her self-published memoir in 2024.
A Nashville native, Amanda enjoys exploring the place she’s long called home, whether it’s a new restaurant to try or greenway to haunt. She loves learning languages, falling down rabbit holes in pursuit of new music and traveling whenever she has the opportunity to follow her wanderlust.
Amanda graduated summa cum laude with honors from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and Spanish.
