“Amanda is a dream to work with and encapsulates all of the ingredients you look for in a successful leader. She is punctual, nurturing, diplomatic, strong, honest, and goes above and beyond to strive for excellence. I've always been impressed by her ability to treat everyone, no matter what discipline or title, with equal respect and fairness. Her positivity is infectious and her razor focus impressive. Amanda’s primary goal is always to help others succeed. While working as a creative lead on multiple F500 brand projects together, she always provided me with an extremely thorough brief, understood and respected timelines, and was willing to jump in at any hour of the day to see the work through. Amanda is the missing key to a happy, proficient and successful internal culture and staff.”

— Whitney Houser | Designer & Producer

“I have had the pleasure of working with Amanda for over a year now and can’t remember not having her on the team. She is an integral part of my professional life as a mentor and soundboard, as well as a critical component of the success of our Design team. As a Program Manager, Amanda is a master of organization and communication. She wears multiple hats by supporting greater Design and Product initiatives, as well as lending her talents to help operationalize and champion user research within the design process. Her knack for forming relationships and connecting stakeholders continues to help unlock massive opportunities for the User Research team. As a leader, Amanda embodies empathy and kindness, which she demonstrates in all situations, no matter how big or small. Amanda is a joy to work with, and I hope to partner with and learn from her for many years to come.”

— Grace Brinkley | Director, UX Research

“Amanda is a breath of fresh air. Fresh, direct, kind, organized and brilliant fresh air. She worked with our management team on a leadership initiative. It always seems challenging to be the external consultant and keeping the team on track, but Amanda had it dialed. She managed her deliverables and expectations and kept the project moving forward. She is someone you want to be your best around and someone I'd love to work with in any capacity.”

— Meg Bilanzich | Chief People Office

“I had the distinct pleasure of working under the leadership of Amanda to help build a robust Creative Studio Operations team in support of Global Brand Design at Nike. Passion for her team, and infectious enthusiasm for building a positive future together made for a positive work environment. She has an innate knack for bringing out the best in her team, and empowering everyone to work from their strengths. Her forward thinking and ability to clearly communicate that is exceptional. I would jump at an opportunity to work with her again.”

— Denise Wild | COO

“Amanda is one of the rare ones. She finds a nice balance of empathy and tough love, and is the first to hop at an opportunity to go outside of her job description and help enrich the lives of others. One of my favorite projects we did together was creating a dinner series to connect designers at Nike with each other and a local creative, which we both did on our own time. Her energy is infectious, and she has a heart of pure gold.”

— David Brady | Creative Director and Founder

“Amanda is a thoughtful, compassionate, and driven partner who had a huge impact on our team culture during her time at adidas. She was brought in to our newly formed team to look at our blind spots and ways we could accelerate our internal team score ratings. Over the course of her time she globally held insightful workshops to identify challenges, surveys to solicit feedback, analyzed our complex blend of cultures in 3 global offices, and made purpose driven but attainable suggestions on how we could most effectively evolve our behaviors and culture. After her proposal she built collectives of likeminded individuals to help drive these changes so that the culture was driven through the org, and not just top down. We greatly miss her on the team, but the results of her work live on in our daily working lives. I would suggest Amanda for any opportunity that needs a driven, compassionate, intelligent, articulate, and impactful leader.”

— Josh Herr | Creative Director

“Amanda brought a ton of positivity and improvement to the culture and community aspects of our team. She formed a Culture squad in the team, and proactively worked with SLT, ELT to upkeep the health and culture of the team. Amanda's communication skills, humble confidence, and people skills make her a great leader and teammate.”

— Abinand Manorama | Senior Innovation Manager