Amanda Arriaga is the General Counsel of Sperry Commercial - The Arriaga Group, an international commercial real estate firm. She was the first Latina President of the Austin Bar Association and Chair of the Austin Bar Foundation and hosts a podcast, the Council of Firsts, celebrating the need for diversity in legal leadership positions. She also serves on the Executive Council of the National Conference of Bar Presidents. She is a graduate of Texas A&M University and the University of Texas School of Law.