Amanda helps individuals and organizations grow their capacity to make progress on their most difficult, most important challenges through consulting, coaching, and training. She helps her clients get clear, get strategic, and get going on things that matter to them, whether they’re navigating, cultivating, or instigating change. Her work is grounded in the principles of adaptive leadership and centers on leadership development, strategy, and continuous improvement for clients ranging from small-business entrepreneurs to government agencies, nonprofits, CEOs and public figures. She trained at both the Harvard Kennedy School and the Kansas Leadership Center and is a member of the International Coaching Federation.

Amanda's approach to her work is uniquely shaped by her experience as a journalist. She brings both her spirit of curiosity and her ability to engage in powerful questioning and contextualization to all her clients, along with more than a decade of innovation and changemaking in local and state government. Above all, Amanda helps clients close the gap between where they are and where they want to be.

Amanda believes leadership is an activity, not a title, and that it’s an opportunity available to everyone. She believes in dreaming optimistically and implementing pragmatically. She taught Leadership and Public Service at the University of Colorado Denver, currently serves on several boards and committees, and is a regular at her local Boys and Girls Club.