Amanda Nee

Trustee, The Neon Foundation
Managing Director, WALC Capital, LLC

Amanda Nee comes from a diverse professional background spanning a variety of industries.  Starting in the healthcare space, Amanda has worked as a product manager and as the heads of marketing, business development, and a variety of special projects to lead a company through to a successful sale, after which she pursued her MBA.

During her MBA program at her alma mater, Columbia University, she worked to round out her business experience in the consumer product space, working at a marketing agency that did work with major beverage companies such as Heineken, Tiger Beer, and Stolichnaya.  After graduating with her MBA, she ran Trade Marketing for the US market (and sometimes beyond) for ultra-luxury tequila brand, Casa Dragones.  She now heads up her family office as well as her family charitable foundation.

Besides business, Amanda’s educational background includes economics and psychology.  During her MBA, she earned her Cicerone Certification and during COVID, she achieved a WSET Level II certification.  She enjoys (and deeply misses her competition days of) horseback riding, scuba diving, travel, eating, hiking at the Red Rocks, and cuddling with her golden retriever and baby boy!”