Mary Catherine (M.C.) Andrews, currently a resident fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, brings two decades of foreign policy and communications experience to ViaNovo.
Prior to joining ViaNovo, M.C. served as Special Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Global Communications from 2003 to 2005, and was the Deputy Director to Tucker Eskew during the start up of that office. Previously, she was Director for Democracy on the White House National Security Council staff and on the NSC transition team in 2000.
She manages projects with international scope, works with non-governmental organizations, and provides advice for several institutions in the aerospace industry.
Before joining the White House, M.C. managed the Aspen Strategy Group, a policy program of the Aspen Institute. She has worked at prominent think tanks and non-governmental organizations, including the International Republican Institute, The World Bank, and the Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe. In 1995 and 1996, she lived in Macedonia and instituted a new management structure for the Open Society Institute Macedonia. In addition, she developed and evaluated programs for the International Foundation for Election Systems.
M.C. has observed more than 25 elections in 12 countries and written eight books on democratic development in Central and East Europe. She is originally from Gastonia, North Carolina, and has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hollins College and a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University.