About
Andrés Bernal resides in New York City, where he lectures at the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Labor and Urban Studies, including its Graduate Certificate in Workplace Democracy and Community Ownership. He has over a decade of international experience as a public policy expert, including as a former Senior Advisor to the Congressional Campaign of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and co-architect of the Green New Deal.
He is a Research Fellow at the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity and a leading voice in the field of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). His work rests at the intersection of politics, economics, philosophy, human relations, and system-psychodynamics, such as frameworks developed by the A.K Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems.
Andrés sits on the advisory board of the Centro de Pensamiento Vida, a think tank based in Bogotá, Colombia, at the forefront of the country's globally recognized efforts to bring lasting peace, justice, and sustainability to its people. He also serves as a board member of LUPE VOTES, an organization dedicated to winning justice for working families in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas.
With over 15 years of experience in leadership development, Andrés serves as a faculty member at the Eco-Leadership Institute and is a Psychological Safety practitioner certified by Aristotle Performance. He focuses on working with public and non-profit sector organizations, cooperative enterprises, and social impact initiatives.
