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Amanda Hanley

CoFounder and Director of the Hanley Foundation

Amanda Hanley is the Co-Founder and a Director of the Hanley Foundation, formed to advance environmental, educational and empowerment solutions. She serves on numerous boards and committees including the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) Midwest Council and Global Leadership Council; As You Sow: Academy for Global Citizenship, a green Chicago Public Charter School; Fresh Taste, an initiative to advance the Midwest's good food system; Global Catholic Climate Movement; and North Shore Green Women and Chicago Women in Green, both of which are social networks for local green women activists and professionals. Along with her husband, George, she helped found the Hanley Sustainability Institute at the University of Dayton and is an advocate and signatory of Divest-Invest. She lives in the Chicago area with her husband and 4 children.