
Amanda Babst
Senior Director
Amanda Babst is a senior director of Mergers and Acquisitions at Cornerstone Advisors, bringing more than 25 years of experience in financial services and consulting. Throughout her career, Amanda has led and participated in complex M&A initiatives both as an internal senior leader and as an external advisor, providing organizations with the strategic insight and operational expertise needed to navigate transformative change.
Amanda is known for her ability to design tailored business strategies and lead clients through multifaceted organizational challenges. Her expertise includes gap analysis, business transformation, future state solution development and targeted strategies for multi-site operations.
Before joining Cornerstone, Amanda founded DNA Business Consulting, where she guided financial services, professional services, and technology clients in solving complex customer and company challenges. Previously, she held executive roles at KeyBank and PNC, leading large metropolitan consumer banking markets through periods of consolidation, change, and substantial growth. At National City (now PNC), Amanda also built and led the consumer bank’s sales development team, overseeing GTM strategy, sales tools and technology, reporting, analytics, and incentive programs.
Amanda holds an MBA from Case Western Reserve University and a Bachelor’s degree from Wittenberg University