Amanda Nichols

Amanda Nichols is an attorney, nonprofit leader, and community advocate with extensive experience working at the intersection of government, land use, and neighborhood development. A graduate of New York University and Fordham University School of Law, she completed federal judicial clerkships before serving as Senior Counsel in the Appeals Division of the New York City Law Department, where she developed deep experience with City agencies and regulatory processes.

Amanda most recently brought this expertise to her role as President of the Cobble Hill Association and continues her civic work as a governor appointee to the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Development Corporation and as a member of Brooklyn Community Board 6. She also serves as Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, as a Board Member of Brooklyn Org and the Red Hook Initiative, and as a member of the Brooklyn-focused giving circle Allinbklyn.

She lives in Cobble Hill with her husband Patrick and their three daughters.