Amanda (she/her) is an enthusiastic nonprofit CPA with fifteen years of experience in nonprofit financial management. Amanda got her start in nonprofit work in the feminist anti-violence movement. She has worked for many nonprofits throughout her career, notably, SMART Reading, Bitch Media, Pro Choice Oregon, Northwest Earth Institute, SurvJustice, and PAVE. She also taught nonprofit finance and budgeting in WVDO's Certificate in Nonprofit Fundraising Program for five years. Amanda served as the board treasurer for Pro Choice Oregon and was a founding member of the Oregon End Violence Against Women Political Action Committee (VAWPAC), where she served as the Board Treasurer for four years. She also held a seat on the Oregon Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Task Force from 2011-2017. She has an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin in Consumer Affairs in Government, a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Portland State University, and a post-baccalaureate accounting certificate from Linfield College.

When she’s not bossing spreadsheets Amanda enjoys cultivating cactus, reading sci/fi and YA paranormal romance novels, baking, gardening, riding bikes, skiing, and dancing as much as possible. She lives in North Portland with her husband, two kiddos, a little black cat named Willie, and too many plants.