Andrés Henríquez

Advisor | EDC - Education Development Center

“Museums are uniquely positioned to address STEM discrepancies, so we should be empowering them to act.”

Andrés Henríquez, EDC Director of STEM Education Strategy, is a national expert in science, career readiness, educational technology, and policy. He brings extensive experience in philanthropy, having served as a program officer at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Andrés leads initiatives to improve STEM education, career readiness, and workforce development to create a future-ready workforce. One initiative focuses on strengthening education and employment systems to boost domestic research and manufacturing of semiconductors in the US. He was a member of NSF’s Directorate for STEM Education Advisory Committee, and has led work in college and career readiness standards and assessments, including the writing and adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards. He also led a partnership between Bell Atlantic and Union City Schools that fueled community transformation and received national recognition. He holds an MA from Teachers College and a BA from Hamilton College.