Andrew believes the best partnerships start with a simple question: "What are your goals and how can we help?" This listening-first approach has guided his work across government, corporate, and nonprofit sectors for over a decade. As Director of Outreach at Climate Solutions' Breaking Barriers Collaborative, he leads partnership development and equity-centered recruitment for fleet electrification programs across Washington and Oregon, bringing a cross-sector translator's skillset to build win-win partnerships that advance equitable climate action.

His career has taken him from the California State Assembly to Google's MapMaker Project (where he grew the U.S. user base by 300,000+), to Autodesk's marketing communications team, to freelance consulting where he coordinated 30+ California mayors to accelerate fleet electrification policy by 15 years. At the Center for Sustainable Energy, he achieved 136% of equity targets for California's Clean Vehicle Rebate Program. Along the way, he's learned that leading with economic benefits rather than environmental messaging is often more effective, that trusted messengers are essential for reaching underserved communities, and that everyone knows what needs to happen—they just need systematic frameworks to make it easier.

Outside his work at Climate Solutions, Andrew is the founder and host of Ocean Science Radio, a top-25 science podcast with over 100,000 listeners globally. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from Boston University, currently serves as Communications Chair for the Society for Conservation Biology Marine Section, and lives in Portland, Oregon—where he's probably looking forward to playing with his amazing 2-year-old daughter and probably has a podcast interview scheduled later today.