Amanda is a graduate of Colby College and has an MBA from Brandeis University's Heller School for Social Policy and Management. She has spent her career working for nonprofits, beginning at WISE in the Upper Valley where she provided domestic and sexual violence crisis and prevention services. Knowing the importance of finances to nonprofits, to gain development experience she took a position with a large nonprofit in Boston as Associate Director of Foundation Relations and Capital Campaign Manager. She then led fundraising and development at Groundwork Lawrence, a community development corporation focused on environmental justice, overseeing annual private fundraising of $1.2 million.

In St. Johnsbury, Amanda first worked remotely as director of Resource Development at Groundwork USA. In her current role as director of Umbrella, Amanda and her team have secured multiyear federal grants, purchased the organization’s first property to house programs, secured multi-year funding for violence prevention and domestic violence accountability programs, launched the ONE Prevention Coalition in Orleans County, and increased emergency shelter and transitional housing spaces.

As a volunteer, Amanda has served as president of Catamount Arts and is on the boards of the Caledonia Children’s Advocacy Center, the Orleans County Children’s Advocacy Center, and the Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. Amanda lives in St. Johnsbury, with her husband, Dr. John Raser, and three children. She loves spending time outdoors with her family and coaching and playing basketball.