Amanda Gardiner

Amanda Gardiner is Head of ESG at Meta, driving the company’s ESG strategy, governance, engagement and reporting. Previously, she was Director of Corporate Responsibility at Verizon and VP of Sustainability & Social Innovation at Pearson. Before joining the private sector, Amanda established and headed the UN’s ‘Business Call to Action’ initiative. She was also a Program Director for the Prince of Wales’ International Business Leaders Forum in London, and ran the Secretariat for the Voluntary Principles on Security & Human Rights’.

Amanda is a Presidential Leadership Scholar (2023). She co-founded and is a board member of Children in Conflict (a global non-profit supporting children impacted by war), a board member of Net Impact, and a Senior Fellow of the Business Fights Poverty Institute. She also serves as a mentor for Ceresa and Unreasonable Group, plays way too much pickleball, and sings in a rock/soul/blues band.