Executive Director, Fairtrade America
Amanda Archila serves as Executive Director of Fairtrade America, where she leads the organization in increasing market access for Fairtrade farmers and workers by cultivating impact-driven relationships with businesses and expanding consumer demand for Fairtrade goods in the US. In addition to an extensive fair trade advocacy background, Archila has over 15 years of experience in consumer goods. She has held progressive marketing, sales, and buying roles across supply chains that include cotton and textiles, premium chocolate, and prior to Fairtrade America, consumer electronics as a divisional leader at Amazon. She holds a BA in Economics and International Relations from New York University and an MBA from Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management.