Amanda Wachtel is a principal member of technical staff in the Mathematical Analysis and Decision Sciences Department at Sandia National Laboratories. Her primary research areas include resilience, system-of-systems modeling and simulation, optimization, and developing analytical capabilities for DoD, DOE, defense energy, and community applications. She leads Sandia’s Resilient Node Cluster Analysis Tool (ReNCAT) to assess critical infrastructure within cities and determine grid investment portfolios to keep critical services online during grid outages. She also leads Sandia’s work in providing technical assistance to communities across the U.S. Amanda is passionate about advancing capabilities to help communities and organizations understand and increase resilience. She has been a leader in Sandia’s energy and infrastructure resilience frameworks and in tailoring those frameworks for specific applications.