Amanda Messer

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Amanda Messer is the Co-Founder of because I said I would, an international social movement and nonprofit dedicated to the betterment of humanity through promises made and kept. At a young age, Messer learned the effect that promises broken have on relationships. Her father struggled with addiction and was not good with keeping his commitments to his little girl. Messer was drawn to helping start because I said I would knowing that there are other children whose lives are deeply affected by broken promises. In November of 2013, Amanda became because I said I would’s first full-time employee after over a year of volunteering her time to the cause. Since September 4th, 2012, because I said I would has distributed over 10.3 million Promise Cards to over 153 countries, started local chapters of volunteer teams, developed free resources that have been downloaded over 1,000 times, delivered live character development programming to over 150,000 students and created awareness campaigns that have been seen by millions. Because I said I would’s work has been featured on CNN, ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, the TODAY Show, Good Morning America, the Steve Harvey Show and many other programs.