Amanda Finney is the Director of Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy. Previously, she served as the office’s Deputy Director. Prior to her time at DOE, she served as the Chief of Staff for the White House Press Office and Special Assistant to the White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. She was formerly the Associate Director of Policy and Communications for Sidewalk Labs. Prior to joining Sidewalk, she served as the National Deputy Women’s Outreach Director for the Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign. She served as the Louisiana State Director and then joined the digital correspondence team for Hillary for America.  Finney served as an organizer for President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, and a Fellow for the Presidential Inaugural Committee. Previously, she worked in Marketing and Communications at Microsoft. Born in South Carolina, Finney is a graduate of Wake Forest University and holds a MA from Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University.