Amanda Makulec is a data visualization leader on a mission to help people make data meaningful.

Over the past 15 years, she’s helped teams across more than a dozen countries visualize data responsibly, particularly when communicating health information and designing analytical tools that inform decisions about access, delivery, and quality of health care services. She is a sought after writer and speaker on health data visualization, including how to design effective health data graphics and how to build cross-functional data teams to support the analytical and dashboarding needs of a variety of different organizations.

When she's not working with clients or teaching, you can find her hosting Chart Chat with her co-authors of the upcoming book Dashboards that Deliver and writing about data visualization in publications including Nightingale, the New York Times, Fast Company, and her Viz Responsibly newsletter. Amanda serves on the Advisory Council for the global Data Visualization Society, where she is a founding board member and served as Executive Director (2021-2024) and Operations Director (2019-2020).