Andrew Purkey

Andrew Purkey began his water career as the first executive director of the Oregon Water Trust, a position he held for nine years. He then worked for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for 16 years, first as director of the Columbia Basin Water Transactions Program and then as director of the Foundation's Western Water Program where he did extensive work in California, including on the Central Coast. In 2018 Andrew began consulting with clients throughout the West on program assessment, strategic planning, organizational development, fundraising, capacity building, policy analysis, water transactions, and communications and outreach. Andrew has an undergraduate degree from the University of Oregon and a graduate degree from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he earned a master's degree in natural resource policy.