As a state policy advocate, Amanda lobbies for state level policy changes to prevent and correct wrongful convictions. She joins the Innocence Project after over a decade as chief of staff to New York State Assemblymember Dan Quart. In that role, she drafted and passed legislation to decriminalize pocket knives and face masks, as well as to prevent the automatic fingerprinting of foster youth. She also worked to initiate the first public hearings into sexual harassment of New York legislative staffers in over 25 years, and to force NYPD to comply with federal standards in reporting sexual assault statistics. Amanda is a graduate of Vassar College and also holds a master’s degree in public administration from the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at Baruch College.