Amanda Smith Email & Phone Number

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

• Assist youths from toddlers to teens with exploration of nature via our learning garden and woods at a working farm. • Design curriculum and hands on activities for youth to engage with. • Strategize on future programing and physical design of the learning garden.

Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States

Hong Kong

• Regional lead of the firm's strategic philanthropy, environmental sustainability, community investment, and diversity & inclusion programs; overseeing strategy and growth across 11 offices in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Mainland China, Mongolia, Singapore, UAE, and Vietnam.• Built partnerships with local, regional, and global charitable organizations and social enterprises through the provision of legal, in-kind, and financial assistance. • Established and oversaw volunteering opportunities for over 500 staff members. • Developed and executed internal and external communications including fundraising for charity partners, external award applications, hosting of public seminars on the social sector, public speaking, and sponsoring of events.

Hong Kong

• Reviewed and advised on start-up social enterprises business models as part of the Incubation to Investment social enterprise accelerator program. • Educated start-ups on financial modeling, budget planning, governance, and presentation skills to prepare for investment.• Provided strategic oversight and management of Ambassadors for Change HK, a thought leadership program holding events to further the knowledge of impact investing in all business sectors. • Provided strategy for CSR campaigns and impact initiatives.

Hong Kong

• Managed strategic procedural overview of grant and mentoring program for social entrepreneurs and innovators. • Authored internal and external materials including: admissions processes, baseline assessments, tracking methodologies, and awardee communications.

Hong Kong

• Provided strategic thought leadership for the development of the campaign “Business Action on Poverty”• Conducted research and wrote business briefings on the role of the business sector in poverty alleviation, specializing in how corporations can work with Social Enterprises and develop Social Innovation. • Engaged with stakeholders both in the nonprofit and corporate arena on action to be taken. • Assisted in the design and construction of the skills based volunteering program for corporate companies to provide training to youth no longer in education or work.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Globalization, Lawyers and Emerging Economies Project• Coordinated a global research team of over twenty members in Brazil, China, India and the United States.Case Development Initiative• Managed all administration, assisted case authors in research by mediating concerns of case study protagonists, performed editorial and quality review of case studies prior to publication.Linklaters India Internship Program Mumbai, India• Designed and launched the Linklaters India Internship program; managed student admissions and relations with host organizations including the Mumbai High Court and the Tata Group corporate counsel.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Boston, Massachusetts

Geneva, Switzerland

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Public And Nonprofit Management

Activities and Societies: Vice President of Finance and Operations Public and Nonprofit Club, Net Impact Member, Public and Nonprofit Club.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And Philosophy