Amanda Bush is a Managing Director for TrailRunner International based in Austin, Texas. A seasoned attorney and litigator who also serves as Of Counsel to the Texas law firm Jackson Walker, Amanda has spent her career advising clients facing complex legal matters, including commercial litigation, intellectual property, media and First Amendment.

A former litigation partner at Jackson Walker, Amanda is also a Managing Partner at Pine Cove Capital, a Texas-based strategic advisory firm. She serves on the Board of Directors for Hanwha Solutions, a multinational energy services, petrochemical, and real estate development company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea and on the Board of Directors for Backpack Group, a Miami data solutions provider serving the operators of large buildings.

Amanda was named the 2016 National Woman of the Year by The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for raising more than $490,000 in a 10-week fundraising campaign, a national record at the time. Amanda also has served on the Host Committee for the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play golf tournament, on the Advance Team of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and on The Chancellor’s Council for the University of Texas System. She also co-chaired the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy’s Dallas/Fort Worth’s Celebration of Reading from 2003-2014, an event that raised over $1 million annually.

Amanda has been named a “Rising Star” by Thomson Reuters (2007-2014) and a “Top Attorney” by Fort Worth, Texas magazine. In 2012, Amanda was named to the Fort Worth Business Press’s “40 Under 40” list. In addition to her legal, advisory, and charitable work, she has participated in Congressional-led business delegations to international markets including Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

Amanda graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Texas, and she received her law degree from The University of Texas School of Law.

Amanda lives in Austin with her husband and their two sons.