Amanda Deem

Director of Finance and Operations

About Amanda Deem

Amanda Deem (pronoun: she) is CLF’s Director of Finance and Operations. Before joining CLF in 2017, Amanda was an Assistant Director of Development at Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, working at the organization for over 12 years.

Born and raised in West Virginia, Amanda found her love for the mountains and followed her passions to Colorado after finishing college with a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Concord University. She recently moved to Durango with her husband, two children, and a menagerie of rescue animals.

Amanda loves trail running, rafting, mountain biking, and anything that involves being outside.

[email protected]

“All lands are ancestral lands. I live and work in Durango, Colorado, the unceded ancestral lands of the Diné Bikéyah, Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute) and Pueblos peoples. I hope this land acknowledgment inspires others to stand in solidarity with Native nations.”

— Amanda Deem, Director of Finance and Operations