Current Position and Past Experience
Andrew Potter is currently the Director of University Experiential Learning at The University of Georgia. He also serves on the University’s Innovation District Leadership Team, applying his nearly two decades of industry experience supporting private equity backed mergers, turn-arounds, and exits to foster innovation, entrepreneurship, and experiential learning across the state of Georgia. He founded and leads UGA’s Student Industry Fellows Program, an executive development program for top undergraduate and graduate talent and offers cross-disciplinary courses on business strategy/development, innovation, design thinking, and human-centered design (HCD) while co-leading UGA’s “Innovation Ecosystems in Israel” program each summer. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Society for Experiential Education and as the President of the Board for the UGA Hockey Foundation. Prior to this, he served as the Chair of both the Publications Committee and the Government Relations Committee for the National Council for the Social Studies and served on the Advisory Board with the Coalition for Career Development.

Education, Honors and Achievements
Potter holds a Master of Arts in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University, a Master of Arts in Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations with a minor in Modern Europe and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Cal State University.

Personal Details and Community Involvement
In his free time, Potter can be found dogsledding in the vast tundra of Quebec, Canada, or spending quality time with his family at the beach or on the ski slopes.