Andrew J. Martin is a public policy and media relations expert with more than 15 years experience in the for-profit and non-profit world. His primary areas of focus include health care, education, affordable housing and has written extensively on this issue for several high profile media outlets. He currently manages a $10 million innovation grant for Clifford Beers, the nation's oldest community-based behavioral health clinic, serving as the primary liaison with the Department of Health & Human Services. Mr. Martin previously served as senior consultant at Fenton Communications, focusing on strategic media for the firm's nonprofit clients, specifically in the healthcare sector with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He also served as Director of Communications at The New York Academy of Medicine, directing all of the Academy's communications efforts with emphasis on health care policy and population health. Prior to joining the Academy's Communications team, Mr. Martin served for more than ten years as a senior-level communications professional with expertise in messaging, strategic planning and external affairs with DOROT, a non-profit organization working to enhance the lives of elderly in the greater New York metropolitan area. He served as Director of Media and Government Relations for Volunteers of America of Greater New York; Director of Communications for the Association of the Bar of the City of New York; and Senior Program Officer for Communications for the Soros Foundation. Mr. Martin has also worked as a reporter and producer for The New Haven Register and KQED-FM/National Public Radio in San Francisco. A native of San Francisco, Mr. Martin attended Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory and studied Global Economics and International Political Science at Bennington College in Vermont. He received his BA in Journalism from the San Francisco State University. He was selected as a Coro New York City Leadership Fellow in 2005.