
Secretary
Amanda Gossai (Class of '03) is an attorney licensed to practice law in California, New York, and Ontario. She is currently Senior Counsel at SpaceX, where she and her team support Starship operations at the Starbase rocket launch site in South Texas. Amanda is actively involved in board and mentorship work, also holding a Board position on The Greater Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra and guest speaking at mentorship events at the University of California, Berkeley.
After graduating from HTS in 2003, Amanda attended the University of Toronto for her Bachelor of Commerce, University of Windsor for her Bachelor of Laws, and University of California, Berkeley for her Master's degree. Amanda began her career in New York at Shearman & Sterling LLP, a large international law firm, where she practiced litigation. She later moved back to San Francisco to practice real estate and corporate law for over ten years. Some of the real estate deals that Amanda has worked on include the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas and the Saks Fifth Avenue flagship store in New York. She has also previously served as Managing Counsel of Sonder, a tech-enabled hospitality company, where she negotiated hotel and construction deals across the US, Canada, and Europe.
Amanda has been a Board Member since 2022. She is the Chair of the Governance & Nominations Committee, the Secretary of the Board, a member of the Head Search Committee, and a member of the Executive Committee.