Andrew Chiacchierini
- Director, Foundation Relations
- INDUSTRY & FOUNDATION RELATIONS
- FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCES
Andrew Chiacchierini joined CU Boulder鈥檚 Industry & Foundation Relations team in 2018. Andrew鈥檚 15 years in higher education advancement includes stops at the University of Utah, the University of Denver, the University of Chicago and Loyola University Chicago. During his five years managing the organizational giving at the University of Denver鈥檚 Josef Korbel School for International Studies, he oversaw over $10 million in awards鈥攁 tenfold increase over the previous five-year period. At the University of Chicago, he worked on a Corporate and Foundation Relations team that brought in upwards of $100 million annually.
Andrew earned a BA in English and Philosophy from the University of Richmond and a MA in the Humanities from the University of Chicago where he studied early modern English literature and wrote a thesis on Paradise Lost. Andrew enjoys backcountry skiing, ultra-running, gardening, camping and spending as much time as he can outdoors鈥攂oth in Boulder and the Fraser Valley鈥攚ith his partner Brooke and their three dogs, Snowy, Junior and Lily.
At CU Boulder, Andrew develops campus-wide strategy for foundations interested in fundamental science research, manages CU鈥檚 relationships with those funders and collaborates with faculty to secure support for their research projects.