Amanda is a dependable and effective leader guided by her passion for the environment and food systems. She found the perfect blend of her interests in business, sustainability and food via an MBA in Sustainable Systems and a Sustainable Food & Agricultural Systems Certificate from Bainbridge Graduate Institute (now Presidio Graduate School). Her passion is to see our relationship to food reframed in outcomes of wellness and stewardship. She seeks to tell the story of the food we grow, prepare and eat throughout her life and career. Specific interests in food policy, reducing food waste, and the water, energy and food nexus have guided her work in Seattle, to California and across the PNW, now currently home in Oregon's Willamette Valley. She finds purpose in using her organizational talents and skills as a connector to advance the environmental movement, supporting businesses to be leaders in sustainability by transforming our food systems, and ultimately helping to change our planet for the better through compassionate inquiry and community cultivation.