Amanda Paveglio is the Director of Development at Partners for Rural Impact. She is also a Grant Professional Certified (GPC), Approved Trainer for the Grant Professionals Association, and President of the Central PA Chapter of GPA. She joined PRI’s team in June 2025; before that, she spent 10 years writing and coordinating federal, state, and private grants in the K-12 and adult learning spaces. She has always viewed her work as part writer, part teacher, part systems engineer, and part communications coach.
Amanda has a Bachelor of Arts in Music History from the College of Wooster and a Master’s in Arts Management from Carnegie Mellon University, and is therefore an unrepentant nerd and music geek. Her influences include Bear McCreary, Stephen King, Vu Le, Randall Munroe, Weird Al Yankovic, Gene Roddenberry, and her parents.