Amanda Linehan

Department: Communications
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 617-933-0705

Biography:

Amanda Linehan has served as Director of Communications for MAPC since 2008, having previously worked as a professional journalist. Ms. Linehan leads the communications department at MAPC, promoting the agency’s work online, in the media, and through marketing channels. She also manages mapc.org and oversees the agency’s blog, annual report, graphic design, photography, email marketing, event outreach and social media presence.

A native of Natick, Ms. Linehan is a graduate of The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Jazz Music Studies. She is a graduate of the Emerge Massachusetts Class of 2017 and the Commonwealth Seminar (masscs.org), and is trained in Essential Facilitation by the Interaction Institute for Social Change (IISC).

She currently serves as President of the Malden City Council, and is a past Board Member of the Malden Redevelopment Authority and the Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC) in Chinatown.

Areas of expertise: Media relations, local government, public affairs, web communications, social media strategy, branding and design, Constant Contact/e-marketing, event planning, outreach, public engagement, blogging, copyediting, web design/site redesign and content management.