As a Program Officer, Andrew Barrett supports NYHealth’s Healthy Food, Healthy Lives priority area, which works to create a more equitable food system that connects all New Yorkers with the food they need to thrive.

Throughout his career, Andrew has delivered and led programs in food education, food access, and agriculture in the U.S. and abroad. Prior to joining NYHealth, he served as the Food Ed Hub Director at the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy at Teachers College, Columbia University. In that role, he facilitated the work of the Food Ed Coalition and led the development of programming, resources, and advocacy priorities for food and nutrition education partners in NYC and beyond. During his time in New York, Andrew has also worked as the Program Director for FoodCorps New York and Edible Schoolyard NYC, led school garden programming at NYC Parks GreenThumb, and served as a Craig Murphey Fellow with Hunger Free America.

Andrew holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Philosophy and Religious Studies from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Master of Science degrees in Horticulture and Agroecology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.