Amanda has over 15 years of experience in the international development/education field and has worked extensively with leaders and students around the world. In addition to her work with Edify, Amanda also serves Baylor University as an advisory board member with the Baylor Center for School Leadership.
Before joining Edify, Amanda co-founded the global education nonprofit Trinity Education, which focused on making Christ-centered higher education more accessible to students around the globe through community-based blended learning. Amanda has also taught at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and launched two international businesses focused on education advising in India.
Amanda possesses in-depth experience in curriculum development for diverse learners, including developing curricula for a National Endowment for the Humanities funded project and the Women Leaders of Tomorrow program in Pakistan. She served as an Associate Editor with the journal Reconsidering Development and helped to establish a grant-funded interdisciplinary initiative at the University of Minnesota. Amanda is also in the process of writing her first book about nonprofit leadership in the Majority World. She holds her Ph.D. in Comparative and International Development Education from the University of Minnesota, her M.Ed. from Vanderbilt University, and her B.A. from Pepperdine University. Amanda is married to Eric, who serves as an officer in the United States Air Force, and together they are raising two active little ones.
