Fernand Amandi is managing partner at Bendixen & Amandi International, where he manages the firm and brings over a decade’s worth of experience in research and strategic management with an emphasis in corporate, political, and public affairs consulting for clients including the United Nations, the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, Univisión, New America Media, the White House, the John & James L. Knight Foundation, the California Endowment, U.S. Senator John Kerry, and U.S. Senator Robert Menendez. Amandi has conceived, produced, and edited a number of successful television commercials for B&A International’s media practice including the highly regarded “Nuestra Amiga” television spot for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign which Rolling Stone magazine lauded as “one of the more charming moments in the history of the political ad wars.”  His communications projects and analyses have been featured in The New York Times, CNN, National Public Radio, The Washington Post, USA Today, Newsweek, Time, The Economist, and the Miami Herald. Amandi is a graduate of Florida State University with a bachelor’s degree in social science education.