Biography

Amber Huett-Garcia’s career spans from state policy and budgeting, teaching, leading in high-performing nonprofits, including large-scale operations and corporate and foundation fundraising and most recently served as a senior director of non-academic support strategy for one million K-12 students at the Tennessee Department of Education. Today, she’s the Director of Business Development with Lemonada Media, which is an award-winning women-run podcast network that “shares the unfiltered version of the human experience.” Their more than 20 shows range from “In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt” to “The Cost of Care,” with the mission to “make life suck less.”

Amber is passionate about obesity care and is an active emeritus member of the National Board for the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) after nine years of service, including two years as its chair. She frequently lobbies on access issues and is a founding member of the Global Obesity Patient Alliance (GOPA) where she represents the United States. Amber is a 2018 recipient of Medtronic’s Bakken Invitation, an award given to individuals who’ve used their “extra life” to advocate. Amber maintains a 245-lb weight loss, which she achieved through combination therapy, including revisional revision metabolic surgery patient (sleeve to SADI-S). Amber is the school board member-elect for Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS), District 8, which is the 25th largest school district in the United States with 110,000 pre-K-12 students. Amber lives in Memphis with her husband Matt and their daughter Parker and enjoys traveling, cooking, writing, and politics. You can follow her on Instagram at @obesitycareadvocate where she discusses her journey with obesity care.