Amanda Maynord helps organizations across the health care spectrum protect brand reputation. She serves as trusted counsel for clients as they forge new pathways, shepherding organizations through change with confidence while ensuring seamless continuation of quality service. She became CEO of Lovell in 2025 and has led the firm’s Transaction and Crisis practice since 2020.

With Maynord’s support, clients successfully navigate complex health care issues ranging from high-profile merger and acquisition transactions to regulatory investigations and even reputation-threatening medical, financial, and environmental events. Organizations can expect communication strategies anchored by credibility due to her experience as a former hospital system spokesperson and brand storyteller.

Prior to joining Lovell, Maynord began her work in health care at Ascension Saint Thomas Health, one of the largest health care systems in Middle Tennessee. There, she honed her crisis and issues management skills while serving as communications coordinator, managing the system’s in-house response team during the 2012 multi-state outbreak of fungal meningitis. She previously held communications positions with the Tennessee State Department of Education under Governor Phil Bredesen’s administration, and Metro Nashville Public Schools. A native of Middle Tennessee, she began her career as a journalist with Nashville’s The City Paper.

Maynord earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mass communications from Middle Tennessee State University.