Andy Kopplin

Since 2016, Andy Kopplin has served as president and CEO of the Greater New Orleans Foundation.  He helped raise $21 million for new leadership endowments as part of the Foundation’s centennial celebration in 2023, and has led to Foundation’s overall growth from $325 million to nearly $700 million today.

Andy is also deeply involved in the Foundation’s leadership project to create a dynamic, job creating, and equitable BioDistrict in downtown New Orleans and serves as chair of the BioDistrict’s board of commissioners.

Andy previously served as first deputy mayor and chief administrative officer for New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu. By aggressively managing the city’s budgets, Andy helped move the city from near bankruptcy in 2010 to fiscal stability and its highest bond ratings in history by 2016.

Prior to city government, Andy served as senior advisor to Teach For America’s Founder and CEO, Wendy Kopp. From October 2005-January 2008, Andy was the founding executive director of the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA), the agency charged with leading recovery efforts after Hurricane Katrina, where he developed the strategy and helped build the bipartisan coalitions that more than doubled discretionary congressional appropriations for Louisiana’s rebuilding, from $13 billion to $28 billion. Before heading the LRA, Andy was chief of staff to two consecutive Louisiana governors, Republican Mike Foster and Democrat Kathleen Blanco.

Andy has a BA from Rice University, a Masters of Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School, and is a 1986 Harry S Truman scholar.