Amanda Kiessel

Co-creator | Good Market | United States of America

Amanda Kiessel is the co-founder of Good Market, a curated community of social enterprises, cooperatives, responsible businesses, voluntary organisations and changemakers working to create a 21st century economy that’s “good for people and good for the planet.” The online platform includes more than 3,000 enterprises from 98 countries. Amanda is originally from the United States but spent the last 20 years in Asia before returning again to the US to continue her global systems change work. Before Good Market, she spent nearly 15 years working with local organisations on agroecology and sustainable food systems, organisational change, and social enterprise development. Amanda is an Ashoka Fellow.