Amanda cares about people and nature and is passionate about supporting others to reconnect and remember our relationship with our environment. She is experienced in working in disaster contexts through strategic and imaginative thinking, planning and acting to support people and environments impacted by disasters. She is a storytelling, world explorer, writer, photographer and public speaker.

A qualified lawyer, Amanda has over 25 years of experience in roles spanning executive leadership, corporate partnerships, international humanitarian and community development, disaster management and climate action. She has held senior roles in government, INGOs, not-for-profits and corporate enterprises. She is a Red Cross volunteer, volunteer firefighter and also co-founder of the Australasian Women in Emergencies Network. She is deployed nationally to advise on strategies and support people before, during and after disasters.

On the frontline of an escalating disaster landscape and biodiversity crisis exacerbated by climate change, Amanda’s professional and personal experiences has led her to establish Nature Based Resilience, acting as an environmental advocate in disaster planning and igniting a movement in reconnection to nature to build collective human and ecological resilience.