Amanda Gerut has been a journalist and editor for more than 20 years and currently serves as Fortune’s West Coast Editor. She edits and reports on publicly traded businesses, executive compensation, Securities and Exchange Commission regulations and investigations. Amanda previously worked for 13 years at the Financial Times’ Agenda, a publication for corporate board members of publicly traded companies. She is the former managing editor of BoardIQ, an FT publication dedicated to the governance and oversight of mutual funds. She previously worked as a reporter at New Jersey’s Star-Ledger and The Herald News.