Amanda Wagner is the Section Chief of the Environmental Justice, Community Engagement, Tribal Affairs and Resiliency Section in the Plan Formulation Branch of the Planning Division at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). She holds a Doctorate in Environmental Science and Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, along with a Master of Science in Environmental Health Sciences from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
Prior to her current role at the Corps, Amanda was a Senior Regulatory Project Manager in the Regulatory Division of the Corps where she evaluated permits for discharges of fill material into Waters of the U.S. In her current role she oversees a team who focus on planning water related projects and studies in partnership with non-federal agencies with a focus on environmental justice and resilience.
Prior to her work at the Corps, Amanda was a Watershed Research Fellow at Heal the Bay, where she developed the River Report Card Pilot Project and established ecological and water quality metrics for the L.A. River revitalization planning. She also worked as a Graduate Student Researcher at UCLA, conducting field work and laboratory work for a thin-layer sediment addition project at a salt marsh in Seal Beach, California. Amanda is actively involved in the UCLA community, is a triple Bruin, and is serving as the President of the Environmental Science and Engineering Program Alumni Society.