Mayor's Office for Adult Literacy

Meet the Advisory Board - Amanda M. McMillian

Amanda M. McMillian Amanda McMillian assumed her position as President and CEO of United Way of Greater Houston on May 1, 2020. Prior to joining United Way, she served as Executive Vice President & General Counsel for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, where she was a member of the executive committee and was responsible for Anadarko’s legal, human resources, and real estate and facilities functions. Before her tenure at Anadarko, Amanda practiced corporate and securities law at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

She currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Greater Houston Partnership and the Board of Trustees of Southwestern University. She is also a member of the Executive Committee for Upskill Houston, the Advisory Board for the Houston Energy Transition Initiative, the Executive Advisory Board for the Health Equity Collective and the Advisory Board for the Kinder Institute’s Kinder Houston Area Survey. Amanda previously served on the Board of Directors of the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, where she was a past President of the Board, and served on the Advisory Board of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra.

Amanda holds a Bachelor of Arts from Southwestern University and received both a Master of Arts and a Juris Doctor from Duke University. She was named one of the Houston Business Journal’s Most Admired CEOs in 2023; was a Texas Executive Women–Women on the Move honoree in 2022; received the Association of Women Attorneys Foundation Premier Woman in Law Award in 2019; was named one of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Oil & Gas by the National Diversity Council for 2018, 2017 and 2016; and recognized as one of the Most Powerful Businesswomen in Texas by the National Diversity Council in 2016.