Andra Ehrenkranz

Board Chair

Andra Ehrenkranz transitioned from a successful retail career in strategy, marketing and insights into a passionate advocate and non-profit board member focused on holistic, innovative solutions and gender equality in the education and refugee space. She has 25+ years of retail strategy and consumer insights experience in senior positions at Macy’s, Ann Taylor and Retail Forward. Ms. Ehrenkranz graduated with honors from Brown University and has a joint MBA/MA degree in Business and International Relations from Wharton/UPenn’s Lauder Institute. She holds board positions in the refugee sector with the International Rescue Committee, a leading humanitarian aid organization, and Hello Future, a teen refugee non-profit focused on 21st Century digital and entrepreneurial skills working to prevent a lost generation. She is also on the Executive Committee of Brown University’s Women’s Leadership Council and a board member at Excellence Community Schools, a Blue Ribbon-earning charter school network in the Bronx, as well as the Abaarso Network, a system of 3 world-class institutions transforming the educational ecosystem of Somaliland.