Amanda Duncan
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Owner, Chiara Consulting, LLC
Amanda Duncan is a community builder and business consultant based out of Erie, Pennsylvania. Throughout her career, she has supported entrepreneurs, small businesses, and nonprofits with strategic and operational guidance. As the former Community Leader of Radius CoWork, a community of over 170 freelancers, entrepreneurs, and small business owners, she has played a significant role in fostering an environment of growth and collaboration. She is also the owner of Chiara Consulting, a business consulting firm, where she partners with entrepreneurs and business owners to streamline their operations, increase productivity, and achieve their goals more efficiently.
Prior to her return to her hometown of Erie in 2017, Amanda resided in Pittsburgh where she had the honor of developing and mentoring the next generation of community leaders through her work at Jumpstart and PULSE. In 2020, her contributions to the Erie community were acknowledged when she was named one of Erie's 40 under 40 by the Erie Reader and again in 2022 when she was named the Young Professional of the Year by the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership.
Amanda received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Public Policy and Management from the University of Pittsburgh. She volunteers around the community in efforts to engage Erie’s young people in community transformation. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her husband and their three children, taking advantage of Lake Erie, and concocting new recipes in the kitchen.