FUN FACTS
His Favorite Team: Baltimore Ravens
His Favorite Food: Sushi
Her Favorite Color: Red
His Interesting Fun Fact: 40 years sober
About Andrew
Andrew J. Cary brings nearly 40 years of leadership experience across public education, nonprofit service, business development, and mission-driven organizations. His ministry and community leadership background includes serving as the Administrator and Executive Director for Ministries of Compassion at Rock City Church in Baltimore, where he developed partnerships and outreach initiatives focused on homelessness, disaster relief, child welfare, abuse prevention, and food insecurity. Throughout his career, he has integrated faith-centered service, compassion, and community empowerment into leadership roles spanning education, nonprofit engagement, and global social impact initiatives.
Andrew is a multilingual educator-turned-CEO, entrepreneur, and strategist who has led organizations across the education, technology, infrastructure, and nonprofit sectors. As the Co-Founder and CEO of SNAAP™ Transportation and the Founder of Future Educational Options, he advances sustainable innovation, strategic partnerships, and global market development. His leadership history includes executive roles with nationally recognized edtech organizations, including Schoolnet, SAFARI Montage, CompassLearning, and bulb Digital Portfolios. He has presented nationally and internationally on urban mobility, educational leadership, multilingual engagement, and organizational growth, with engagements spanning the United States, Latin America, the Middle East, and APAC regions. His work has consistently focused on building scalable systems.
Andrew holds a Master of Arts in Educational Administration from California State University, Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Government from the University of Puget Sound. He completed post-graduate studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and holds certifications in K–12 Administration, Social Studies, Elementary Education, and superintendent-level leadership. Additional executive and professional training includes the FranklinCovey Executive Training Program, Vanderbilt University COMP Training certification, and certification through the U.S. Institute for Diplomacy & Human Rights.
Andrew has participated in and supported numerous leadership networks, innovation ecosystems, and community initiatives, including the Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce Minority Business Accelerator, SCORE Tampa Bay, StartEd, the Lowth Entrepreneurship Center at the University of Tampa, Smart Cities Council events, AIM Congress Abu Dhabi, and multiple education leadership associations, including AESA, CGCS, and NABE. His work spans entrepreneurship, nonprofit leadership, workforce development, educational innovation, and international partnership development.
He resides in Wesley Chapel, Florida, with his wife, D’Andrea Cary; they are the proud parents of their eldest son, Asa (married to Hannah), their daughter, Courtney (married to Cyril), and their youngest son, Aaron.
