Amanda Lipp

Advisory Board Member

Amanda Lipp, 26, is a filmmaker and consultant in the fields of mental health care, non-profit development, and social entrepreneurship. Since age 19, she has given over 150 speeches across the U.S., and produced over 20 short films promoting health causes and individuals’ stories. Amanda’s passion working in mental health and education began with experiencing psychosis in college, after which she began working in mental health field. She currently serves as a Technical Assistance Specialist for the Center for Applied Research Solutions (CARS), supporting grantees of state and federal funding with social marketing, curricula, and multimedia. Amanda also owns a private consulting firm, Lipp & Associates, producing films, and designing mental health resources and trainings for nonprofits around the nation. Projects have included a narrative video series on psychosis with Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, a documentary-narrative series with OnTrackNY, comic-education booklets on education-vocation rehabilitation with Felton Institute of San Francisco, and national training for President Obama’s Now Is The Time (NITT) federal grantees. Amanda is a civil servant and passionate leader at heart; she currently serves as a board member for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), and board advisor for Strong 365 and Art With Impact (AWI). In her free time, Amanda enjoys drawing and scuba diving.