Andrew Coy is a driven problem-solver with experience at the intersection of nonprofit, government, and technology. From 2015 to 2017 he served as a Senior Advisor on President Obama’s Tech and Innovation Team in the White House, Office of Science and Technology Policy. In this capacity, he led initiatives including National Week of Making, Nation of Makers, the Kid Science Advisors Campaign, and was on the organizing team for numerous other efforts including the WH Science Fair, WH Water Summit, WH Frontiers Conference, and South by South Lawn. Through his service, he has directly interacted and actively learned from the interests, ideas, commitments, and collaborations of thousands of different individuals and organizations. His work has led to a variety of collaborations, joint efforts, and collective actions by providing design thinking and strategic frameworks for new initiatives as he worked explicitly to advocate for the tech community to become more intentionally inclusive, deliberately diverse, and strategically situated to grow the number and depth of opportunities for all.
Since leaving the White House, he has consulted on national projects including the CSforALL, the Nation of Makers Conference (NOMCON), the 2018 National STEM Summit, was the lead author for the Computer Science Education and Professional Development Findings Report to Governor Larry Hogan and the lead author for the Invention Education Framework, and consultant to the STEM Next Opportunity Fund and the Lemelson Foundation. In 2018, Andrew returned to his role as Executive Director of the Digital Harbor Foundation, where he leads the organization’s efforts to bridge the digital divide through impact opportunities locally and across the country.Andrew Coy is a driven problem-solver with experience at the intersection of nonprofit, government, and technology. From 2015 to 2017 he served as a Senior Advisor on President Obama’s Tech and Innovation Team in the White House, Office of Science and Technology Policy. In this capacity, he led initiatives including National Week of Making, Nation of Makers, the Kid Science Advisors Campaign, and was on the organizing team for numerous other efforts including the WH Science Fair, WH Water Summit, WH Frontiers Conference, and South by South Lawn. Through his service, he has directly interacted and actively learned from the interests, ideas, commitments, and collaborations of thousands of different individuals and organizations. His work has led to a variety of collaborations, joint efforts, and collective actions by providing design thinking and strategic frameworks for new initiatives as he worked explicitly to advocate for the tech community to become more intentionally inclusive, deliberately diverse, and strategically situated to grow the number and depth of opportunities for all.
Since leaving the White House, he has consulted on national projects including the CSforALL, the Nation of Makers Conference (NOMCON), the 2018 National STEM Summit, was the lead author for the Computer Science Education and Professional Development Findings Report to Governor Larry Hogan and the lead author for the Invention Education Framework, and consultant to the STEM Next Opportunity Fund and the Lemelson Foundation. In 2018, Andrew returned to his role as Executive Director of the Digital Harbor Foundation, where he leads the organization’s efforts to bridge the digital divide through impact opportunities locally and across the country.