Andrew Ferguson is the founder & CEO of Redwood Endeavors, the founder of Redwood Fellows, and the co-founder of The Neighborhood: Connecticut’s Network for Service.

Prior to creating Redwood in 2025, Andrew served as Co-CEO of Dalio Education, a division within Dalio Philanthropies, where he led the team, overall strategy, and grant-making alongside Barbara Dalio. They worked together as partners for a decade (2014-2024) to build Dalio Education in service of young people, public schools, non-profit organizations, and communities in Connecticut; and to create the Connecticut Opportunity Project and to co-found the RISE Network.

Before joining Dalio Philanthropies in 2014, Andrew served in state government and as a public school teacher.

He is a Pahara and Redwood Fellow, and member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. He serves on the board of the Community Mindfulness Project.