Amanda Gift is a Shareholder and Client Strategist at Signature, where she leads the firm’s wealth management division. Amanda advises clients and provides comprehensive, customized solutions to help them realize the potential of their wealth. She also oversees Signature’s human resource department.

Prior to joining Signature, Amanda was a financial advisor with American Express Financial Advisors in Virginia Beach, where she was recognized as one of the firm’s top 100 new advisors.

Amanda was named as one of the Top 40 Under 40 Hampton Roads 2010 and is a graduate of the LEAD Hampton Roads program. Amanda also serves as a Board member of the Virginia Stage Company and is Vice Chair for The UP Center, where she will be Chair of The UP Center Board in 2012. She is Past President of the Financial Planning Association Hampton Roads.

Amanda received a bachelor of business administration degree in Finance from James Madison University. Amanda’s hobbies include scuba diving, swimming, reading, and cooking, as well as spending time with her husband and young sons. She enjoys traveling, especially to destinations around the world that are ideal for scuba diving.