Amanda Renteria

Interim President & Board Chair, Emerge America

​In 2019, Amanda was named the Chair of Emerge America, a national organization that has trained more than 4,000 democratic women to run for office. Currently, more than 650 Emerge alumnae are serving in elected office across the country.

Amanda has had a unique and diverse career starting out in the financial industry, moving to education as a teacher in her small hometown community, and finally spending the majority (18 years) of her career in public service. She has served as the Chief of Operations at the California Department of Justice overseeing 1,000 public servants and an $850M budget, National Political Director for Secretary Clinton managing the political and outreach strategy for the 2016 Presidential Campaign, and as a Chief of Staff in the United States Senate during one of the most productive periods in our country's history. She was named one of the most influential staffers by Roll Call and received a number of awards as the first Latina chief of staff in the history of the U.S. Senate. In addition to her policy work, she has also run for congressional and statewide offices. She has degrees from Stanford University and Harvard Business School and is a mom of two young kids.