Board President
Amanda Broun has over 25 years of experience in the nonprofit sector and now leads her own consulting practice strengthening organizational capacity, strategy, programs, and bridging ideological divides.
Amanda was Executive Vice President at Convergence Center for Policy Resolution, a national non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting dialogue and solving often- intractable national problems across ideological divides. As EVP, Amanda oversaw several national dialogues and led Convergence’s work in field building, learning and evaluation, partnership development, strategic planning, and board governance.
Prior to Convergence, Amanda was Vice President of Programs and Practice at Independent Sector (IS), a national membership organization of nonprofits, foundations, and corporate giving programs where she led the 2015 revision of landmark Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice. Previously, Amanda was Senior Vice President at Public Education Network (PEN), a network of community-based nonprofit advocacy organizations seeking to improve public education in high poverty school districts across the US.
In the public sector, Amanda served as Chief Education Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, as Legislative Counsel to the New York City Office of Management and Budget, and as a Staff Attorney to the New York City Board of Education.
Amanda has taught nonprofit ethics in leading nonprofit master’s degree programs at Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania. She received her J.D. from New York University School of Law and her B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University. She currently sits on the Board of the Center for Law and Education.
