In 2015, Amanda was recruited to transform Deluxe Corp.’s 100-year-old, $2 billion brand. She spearheaded the “Small Business Revolution,” first showcasing 100 businesses across America, then going on to award $500,000 transformations to inspiring small towns. In the sixth season (Fall 2021), they are bringing the show back to Minneapolis and St. Paul to celebrate and share the stories of Black-owned businesses and entrepreneurs highlighting the effects of economic empowerment and closing gaps and strengthening the fabric of our local communities. Click “Read More” for additional details about Amanda and Small Business Revolution.Amanda produced and stars alongside Trading Spaces and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’s Ty Pennington in the acclaimed “Small Business Revolution – Main Street” series, which chronicles the program’s impact on communities and countless lives. In the sixth season, launching Fall of 2021, they’re bringing the Small Business Revolution back home to Minneapolis and St. Paul. They’ll celebrate and share the stories of Black-owned businesses and entrepreneurs in some of the most important neighborhoods in the Twin Cities. The new season will highlight the effects of economic empowerment in closing gaps and strengthening the fabric of our local communities.
A fierce advocate for her team, the phrase “thank you” consumes Amanda’s word cloud. She’s a trusted media source, a reality TV host, a sought-after speaker and one of those people who starts playing Christmas music before finishing her Thanksgiving leftovers. Her life goals include meeting Ellen and learning to tap dance (not necessarily at the same time), and she has a penchant for Pull and Peel Twizzlers.
Amanda is honored to serve on the boards of the Children’s Cancer Research Fund, Make-A-Wish, the Children’s Theatre Company and the Women’s Business Development Center’s Chicago Board. She also passionately volunteers for an array of causes, including the Special Olympics, Feed My Starving Children, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, People Serving People, the Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota, the Jeremiah Program and more. And she’s a member of the Minnesota Women’s Economic Roundtable. When she’s not volunteering, traversing the world or hammering out 1 a.m. emails, Amanda is doing what she loves most: spending time with her daughter (read: future tap-dance partner) and husband (who doubles as her best friend).
Each season, Small Business Revolution host and creator Amanda is joined by a celebrity co-host, from entrepreneur Robert Herjavec and renovation icon Ty Pennington to the new season six co-host - former NBA all-star and entrepreneur, Baron Davis. This season the team will work alongside six deserving small business owners to overcome their biggest financial, marketing and technology obstacles.
A fierce advocate for her team, the phrase “thank you” consumes Amanda’s word cloud. She’s a trusted media source, a reality TV host, a sought-after speaker and one of those people who starts playing Christmas music before finishing her Thanksgiving leftovers. Her life goals include meeting Ellen and learning to tap dance (not necessarily at the same time), and she has a penchant for Pull and Peel Twizzlers.
Amanda is honored to serve on the boards of the Children’s Cancer Research Fund, Make-A-Wish, the Children’s Theatre Company and the Women’s Business Development Center’s Chicago Board. She also passionately volunteers for an array of causes, including the Special Olympics, Feed My Starving Children, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, People Serving People, the Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota, the Jeremiah Program and more. And she’s a member of the Minnesota Women’s Economic Roundtable. When she’s not volunteering, traversing the world or hammering out 1 a.m. emails, Amanda is doing what she loves most: spending time with her daughter (read: future tap-dance partner) and husband (who doubles as her best friend).