Andy is the founder and former Executive Director of the Community Learning Partnership.   Before founding CLP, Andy served as Executive Director of the Center for Community Change, a national nonprofit which helps grassroots groups build the power and capacity to change their communities and public policies for the better, where he worked for more than 35 years.  He also chaired several national coalitions including the National Low Income Housing Coalition and the Coalition on Human Needs.  At CLP, he served as convenor of the International Working Group on University Education for Community Change which brought together people involved in various parts of the world in creating undergraduate and graduate programs to prepare people to work on the front lines of community and social change.  Mott graduated from Harvard College and the University of Michigan Law School, and served as Assistant Professor of National Development at Pahlavi University in Iran.

Andy will be visiting Buffalo to meet with community organizations, researchers, local SUNY schools, and community stakeholders. If you have any interest in being a part of this event in any capacity please contact the Cornell in Buffalo office.