Bio

Amanda is Co-Head of Healthcare Investment Banking and is responsible for new client development and managing all aspects of client transactions. She advises not-for-profit and for-profit healthcare clients on mergers and acquisitions, valuations, tax-exempt and taxable financings, and strategic advisory, including strategic options and strategic capital planning. Amanda’s clients across the country include hospitals, healthcare systems, behavioral health companies, telehealth companies, managed care companies, and long-term care facilities, among others. Prior to joining Matrix, she worked on over 115 healthcare banking engagements, including serving as M&A advisor on the sale of Achieve TMS, financial advisor to Rochester Regional Health on multiple debt issuances, M&A advisor on the affiliation of Safe Harbor Behavioral Health to UPMC Hamot, valuation advisor to Maryland Physicians Care, M&A advisor to New Mexico Health Connections on the sale of its commercial business to Evolent Health, and M&A advisor on an equity raise for InnovaTel Telepsychiatry. Amanda has spent her entire career working in healthcare investment banking. She was previously a Director with Raymond James & Associates Healthcare Finance Group where she led the managed care and telehealth advisory efforts. She joined Raymond James in 2012 following the acquisition of Morgan Keegan and joined Morgan Keegan in 2007 with the acquisition of Shattuck Hammond Partners, a boutique healthcare investment bank. Amanda graduated from Duke University with a B.A. in Biology and a minor in French. She is qualified as a FINRA General Securities Representative (Series 7), General Securities Principal (Series 24), Municipal Advisor Representative (Series 50), Municipal Securities Principal (Series 53), Municipal Advisor Principal (Series 54), Uniform Securities Agent (Series 63) and Investment Banking Representative (Series 79). She is a member of ACG Maryland and Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA). Amanda currently serves on the Board of Directors for HealthCare Access Maryland.