Amanda Renteria
| Amanda Renteria | |
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| Born |
Amanda Andrea Renteria November 15, 1974 Woodlake, California, U.S. |
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| Political party | Democratic |
Amanda Andrea Renteria (born November 15, 1974) is an American political aide who has worked for United States Senators Dianne Feinstein and Debbie Stabenow. A member of the Democratic Party, Renteria is the first Latina Chief of Staff in the history of the U.S. Senate. She was the Democratic nominee for the United States House of Representatives from California's 21st congressional district in 2014, but lost to incumbent Republican David Valadao.
Renteria's father emigrated from Mexico in the 1960s, settling in Woodlake, California; her mother was born in the United States. Renteria is the second of three daughters. She double-majored in economics and political science at Stanford University, writing her senior thesis on women in politics. She played basketball and softball for the Stanford Cardinal. Renteria also earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. Renteria lives in Sanger, California, with her husband Patrick Brannelly, a business owner and teacher at Fresno State’s MBA program, and two children.
After college, Renteria became a financial analyst for Goldman Sachs. She decided to move to the public sector to "make a difference," working for one year as a math teacher at her former high school in Woodlake and helping San Jose with a neighborhood revitalization initiative, before going to Harvard Business School.
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