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Amanda Chen

SVP, Social ImpactParticipant

Biography

Chen leads impact strategy and partnerships across Participant’s film and TV slate. Over the years, she has produced impact campaigns for critically acclaimed and award-winning films spanning the issues of health care, harm reduction, environmental justice, access to education, and human rights. Chen also built and oversaw Take Part World, a Gates-funded transmedia global health and development content series, and led Participant’s first B Corp certification in 2017.

Prior to joining Participant, Chen was Associate Director at the Clinton Global Initiative where she oversaw global health-related programming, managed a portfolio of 260 commitments, and developed new programs related to the health of women and children, nutrition, and agriculture/food systems.

She was named one of Variety’s New Hollywood Leaders in Social Impact in 2018, is an LA Leadership Fellow, and holds degrees in International Development and Global Political Economy. She lives in LA with her family.