Amanda M. Navarro is an accomplished senior leader who has worked at the intersection of racial justice and health equity for almost 25 years. As executive director of Convergence Partnership, Amanda leads the national funder collaborative’s efforts to amplify the leadership of people of color and shift power structures within philanthropy and government toward racial justice and health equity.

Amanda helped guide and manage the Partnership for 13 years inside PolicyLink, where she served as Chief Impact Officer, to accelerate the organization’s impact strategy. During her time at PolicyLink, Amanda worked closely with philanthropic institutions and government agencies at the local, regional, and national levels to increase investments and sharpen grantmaking strategies that deliver equitable results for low-income people and communities of color, as well as trained hundreds of diverse leaders and groups across the country on a range of strategies to advance racial and health equity.

EDUCATION:

• DrPH, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• MPH, Boston University

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