MEET AMANDA

Amanda’s passion for public health, the environment, and her personal goals of making a change in her community prompted her to run for public office in 2016. As a young cancer survivor, Amanda immersed herself in health and environmental issues, determined to make critical changes. In 2016, she was elected Commissioner of the Plainview Water District, where she is finishing her sixth year in her second term. Just after her first election, Amanda immediately became active on wider level and in 2017 was elected to the executive board of Nassau Suffolk Water Commissioners’ Association where
she served as President in 2021 and is currently the Legislative Chair; she also serves as the Legislative Co-chair of the Long Island Water Conference. She is an active member of the American Water Works Association and the New York Clean Water Coalition where her tireless advocacy has fought for legislation, funding and actions to protect clean water in New York State.