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.

Henríquez is leading several initiatives focused on improving STEM education, career readiness, and workforce development to meet the growing demand to create a future-ready workforce. One initiative focuses on strengthening education and employment systems to advance the goals of the CHIPS and Science Act to boost domestic research and manufacturing of semiconductors in the U.S. He is a member of NSF’s Directorate for STEM Education Advisory Committee.

Henríquez has led work in college and career readiness standards and assessments, including the writing and adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards. Earlier in his career, he led a partnership between Bell Atlantic and Union City Schools that fueled a community transformation and received national recognition. He holds an MA from Teachers College and a BA from Hamilton College.