Amanda Bennett — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Shared a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1987 for work on the AIDS epidemic.
Led The Oregonian to a 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for an investigation of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Co-founder of Kiza Solutions, a social-impact technology consulting firm.
Served as CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media from 2022 to 2025.
Served as Director of Voice of America from 2016 to 2020.
Authored six nonfiction books.
Graduated from Harvard College in 1975.

Biography

Amanda Bennett is an American journalist, author, and co-founder of Kiza Solutions, a social-impact technology consulting firm that builds custom databases using Claris FileMaker software. She served as CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media from 2022 to 2025 and as Director of Voice of America from 2016 to 2020.

Bennett's journalism career spans decades, beginning as an editor at The Harvard Crimson.