Andrew Leone, MA is the Associate Director for International Programs. He brings decades of experience in organizing and managing domestic and international relief efforts, program management, grants management, community engagement, and communications. He has an in-depth understanding of the CMBM model, having previously been a beneficiary of programs in Broward County, which he later implemented system-wide.
Andrew previously served as Director of Communications and Community Engagement for the Children’s Services Council of Broward County, a $100 million per-year grant-making government agency. For over 15 years, he managed contracts on prosperity and hunger relief related initiatives; COVID-19 emergency efforts; supporting children of immigrant families; responsible fatherhood; child abuse prevention; vaccine anti-hesitancy campaigns; racial disparities in infant mortality; and the Broward Haiti Relief Taskforce, through which he traveled to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake and vetted local NGOs applying for US-based resources. Since 2023, he has helped to lead the implementation of CMBM’s model in Ukraine, Gaza, Israel, Haiti, and Mozambique, among others.
Andrew earned his BA in political science and history from Binghamton University and his MA in Latin American Studies from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Andrew enjoys learning about and delving into the kaleidoscopic breadth of global cultures, traditions, and languages through traveling, reading, cooking, and the arts.
