Amanda Stone

As a Director on the FGS Global Food & Agriculture team, Amanda advises a wide array of corporate, non-profit, and foundation clients, designing and executing communications strategies on food, agriculture, climate, and sustainability issues.

Prior to joining the firm, Amanda served as the director of engagement and communications on markets and food issues at World Wildlife Fund. In this role, she worked across teams to identify, convene, and build platforms to create awareness and generate consensus and action with targeted stakeholders and audiences. She developed and implemented strategies and stories to inspire behavior change and translated complex topics for varied audiences and multi-platform messaging.

Before joining WWF, Amanda worked in the Office of Digital Strategy for the Obama White House, serving as the deputy director of technology and platforms. She managed content, campaign planning, governance, contracts, and technical development and integration across digital platforms.

Before joining the Administration, she worked in digital strategy, content and platform development, and strategic communications and project management at National Wildlife Federation, Forum One, and the Worldwatch Institute. Earlier in her career, she oversaw art departments in the television and film industry at 20th Century Fox Television, Bad Robot, Disney, and Showtime.

Amanda earned a Master's Degree from the University of Michigan in Sustainability, with a focus on Policy, Communication, and Behavior Change, and has a BS from Northwestern University in Television, Film, and Business.