Andy Kopplin is president and CEO of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, the community foundation serving the thirteen parishes of Southeast Louisiana. He previously served as first deputy mayor and chief administrative officer for New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu. By aggressively managing the city’s operating and capital budgets, Andy helped move the city from near bankruptcy in 2010 to fiscal stability and its highest bond ratings in history by 2016. Immediately prior to his service in city government, Andy served as senior advisor to Teach For America’s Founder and CEO, 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 built the bipartisan coalitions that more than doubled 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, Democrat Kathleen Blanco and Republican Mike Foster.