Andrew’s expertise and experience is in institutional development, program management and evaluation, and grants management (government and private) in the conservation and development fields, both in Central Africa and South America. Andrew spent the past 15 years with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in Bolivia and Ecuador, implementing landscape conservation programs financed by USAID, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and other donors. These programs have emphasized close collaboration with national park authorities, local governments, indigenous and campesino organizations and communities, universities, and conservation and development NGOs. From 2007-2011 he supervised the “Integrated Management of Indigenous Lands” project that included making grants to and monitoring grant execution with 20 indigenous organizations and local and international NGOs in Ecuador and Colombia.
Andrew holds a Ph.D. from the University of Florida in Geography and Tropical Conservation with a certificate in African Studies, a master’s degree in International Economics and Social Change and Development from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and a bachelors degree in International Relations from Carleton College. He speaks fluent French and Spanish. He grew up in Cameroon and Nigeria, conducted field research in the Central African Republic, and currently lives with his wife Lauren and two sons in Gainesville, Florida.