Amanda Eckelbarger is the Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Elkhart County CVB in Indiana. A 2014 member of Destinations International's 30 Under 30 class, she now serves on the 30 Under 30 Alumni Council and the Indiana Tourism Association Board of Directors, where she chairs the Professional Development Committee. Honored as the 2024 Indiana Tourism Association Member of the Year, Amanda has nearly 20 years of experience in the tourism industry and is passionate about leveraging tourism's transformative power to enhance communities through strategic quality of place initiatives.