Amanda Johnson, an Americatalyst alumn, is retuning this year as a speaker bringing her expertise as a specialist in Sustainability and Climate Risk.  Amanda started her career as part of an environmental risk consulting team in Atlanta, Georgia, and wrote her MS Masters thesis on how to redesign the Kyoto Protocol.  She has spent the last two decades in the housing finance industry serving in regional and national sales roles at the country’s top financial institutions.   In 2023, Amanda obtained her Sustainability and Climate Risk Certification, which has allowed her to combine her experience in environmental risk management and the US housing finance market while engaging with industry groups on the climate-related financial risks and opportunities facing the U.S. housing finance sector.

Amanda lived and worked internationally while pursuing her Master of Science (MS) from the University of Queensland in Australia.  She also holds a Master of Business (MBA) in Risk Management and graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Business (BBA) from Georgia State University.  She is a Certified Mortgage Banker (CMB), as is the first speaker in Americatalyst history who is also a Certified Sommelier and Certified Specialist of Wine.