Andy is an Educational Program Specialist on the Title II, Part A team for the Teachers, Leaders, and Special Populations program in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Before joining the Department of Education, he worked in Michigan’s Southgate Community and Van Buren Public Schools as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, and assistant superintendent. In 1997, Andy received the Sallie Mae First Year Teacher Award for Michigan. In 2002, he was named Michigan’s Middle School Social Studies Teacher of the Year, and his class was featured on NPR in a segment on the teaching of the Bill of Rights. Recognized as NAESP’s National Outstanding Assistant Principal in 2019, Andy holds master’s degrees in Educational Leadership and Curriculum and Instruction. He is married with four grown children and enjoys reading about leadership, history, and passionately cheering for the Detroit Lions.