Amanda Knarr recently moved to Nashville from Washington, DC. She is a strategy consultant at Slalom here in town. Previously, Amanda led the Western Hemisphere for the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU), a nonpartisan, U.S.-based organization that works to expand international trade and commerce. Ms. Knarr has been responsible for creating partnerships between business and U.S. government agencies on foreign policy initiatives. She has worked extensively with U.S. and foreign government departments and agencies- both federal and local. International affairs is in her blood and she is an alum of the United Nations, the U.S. Government, the Government of the Republic of Chile, multiple internationally-focused think tanks and nonprofits. She received a Masters of Arts from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University specializing in International Political Economy. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations from Washington & Jefferson College.