Joanna Amador

Joanna Amador is both a public affairs strategist and a lawyer, making her an invaluable asset in matters where business and government so often intersect and collide. As a lawyer, she has assisted public and private clients in meeting local, state, and federal compliance requirements in matters ranging from organizational governance, to local reporting mandates, to resolution of disputes in both the courts and administrative law forums. She has served as in-house general counsel and business advisor to a well-known Los Angeles public affairs firm, and has represented the clients of a public-interest law firm.

In her career in public affairs, she has served as a prominent and well-known manager of significant, high-profile public and private projects that have included major infrastructure projects with various city, state, and federal agencies throughout California. Her public agency engagements have included the City of Los Angeles (including the Sixth Street Viaduct Replacement Project), the Pasadena Unified School District, and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. She has also assisted with a public water project, managing, facilitating, and coordinating all day-to-day activities for the construction of a recycled-water pipeline. In addition, she managed the social media and website portals, and met with community stakeholders in the affected construction areas.

Her experience in blending the two skills spans a wide range of challenges in business, government, and public affairs, making her nearly unique—and uniquely-valuable—when counseling boards of directors and senior management.