Amanda Burden

Amanda Burden
Burden in 2008
Born
Amanda Jay Mortimer

1944 or 1945 (age 81–82)
Education
OccupationsUrban planner, consultant
Spouses
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(m. 1964; div. 1972)​
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(m. 1979; div. 1981)​
Partner(s)Charlie Rose
(1993–2006)
Children2, including Belle Burden
Parents

Amanda Jay Mortimer Burden (née Mortimer) is an American urban planner who is a Principal at Bloomberg Associates, an international consulting service founded by Michael Bloomberg as a philanthropic venture to help city governments improve the quality of lives of their citizens. She was the Director of the New York City Department of City Planning and Chair of the City Planning Commission under Mayor Bloomberg from 2002 to 2013.

Burden previously worked for the New York State Urban Development Corporation. She worked on Battery Park City from 1983 to 1990. She is also a member of the International Best Dressed List since 1996.