Keynote Speaker

Amanda Funk,
Founding Executive Director
Widoktadwen Center for Native Knowledge

Amanda Funk is the founding executive director of the Widoktadwen Center for Native Knowledge, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to promote the visibility of Native Americans in Berks County and beyond through community education, leadership, and activism. She is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, raised and educated in Berks County. Amanda earned both her Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in English from Kutztown University with a minor in Professional Writing, and her Associate’s degree in Communications from Reading Area Community College. She has taught at RACC and Alvernia University and tutored writing at both, with a special focus in adult education. Amanda is a trained land steward and certified pollinator steward active in urban greening and food sovereignty initiatives. She currently substitute teaches in the Reading School District.

Amanda is a founding member of Keep Reading Beautiful and currently serves as a trustee of the Berks History Center, chairing the DEI committee. Amanda has previously served on the Cabinet of Emerging Leaders United through the United Way of Berks County, the Board of Directors of Family Promise of Berks County, and the Board of Directors of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Berks Regional Chapter, where she also chaired the Marketing & Communications Committee for four years.