Amanda McNeill Bandy

Background

Bandy, Amanda McNeill was born on September 15, 1944 in Houston, Texas, United States. Daughter of I. Eugene and Edith Amanda (Richards) McNeill.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Houston, 1968; postgraduate, Regis U., since 1993.

Career

Education coordinator, Family/Child Resources Center, Towaoc, Colorado, 1977-1979; child welfare worker, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Towaoc, 1979-1988; general assistance supervisor, child welfare worker, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Towaoc, 1988-1990; department court liaison, child welfare worker, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Towaoc, 1990-1992; senator, State of Colorado Senate District 6, 1994-1995; educator, Crow Canyon Archeological Center, Cortez, Colorado, since 1995.

Achievements

• Amanda McNeill Bandy has been listed as a noteworthy Anthropologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Episcopal Church Women, St. Barnabas of the Valley, Cortez, 1979-1980, member vestry, 1981-1984, 93-97, founding coordinator Good Samaritan Center, 1982-1983, licensed lay reader, 1997. Board directors Sunrise Youth Shelter, Towaoc, 1982-1987, Colorado American Indian Foundation, Denver, 1993-1996. Member Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Election Committee, Towaoc, 1983-1988.

Member Governor's Traffic Safety Committee, 1987-1991, chairman, 1990-1991. Member State Merit Sys. Council, Denver, 1990-1996, chairman, 1995-1996.

Member of advisory board Women's Resource Center, Dolores, Colorado, 1991-1993, board directors, 1993-1994, co-chair board directors, 1994. Member Four Corners (Colorado) Heritage Council, since 1996. Active Colorado Democrats, Denver and Montezuma County Democrats, Cortez, since 1983.

Member American Association of University Women, American Indian College Fund (honorary alumni), Archeological Conservancy, Cortez U. Colorado Center, Friends of the Ute Museum, National Museum American Indian-Smithsonian (charter) Natural Resources Defense Council, S.W. Natural and Cultural Heritage Association, Alpha Lamda Delta, Alpha Chi.

Connections

Children: Matthew Sebastian, Robin Emmanuel, Lysandra Amanda Nicole.

Father:

I. Eugene McNeill

Mother:

Edith Amanda (Richards) McNeill

child:

Robin Emmanuel Bandy

child:

Matthew Sebastian Bandy

child:

Lysandra Amanda Nicole Bandy