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Andrew Knips founded intersections collaborative™ in 2022 to build the kind of antiracist organization he’d long envisioned: one committed to ethical design, justice-driven practice, and human-centered care.

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Andrew has been coaching people since he was a teenager. Inspired by his parents to build his career in social justice, he moved from the Midwest to Philadelphia to become a master teacher, instructional coach, school administrator, and leadership coach in Philadelphia’s public, charter, and alternative schools. 

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As he began leaning more into both the importance and contradictions of his positionality as someone with nearly every privileged identity, Andrew shifted more of his work to furthering equity, belonging, and joy in schools and organizations across sectors.

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In 2022, Andrew started freelance consulting and co-authored Equity in Data: A Framework for What Counts in Schools. He has been published in journals and newspapers, and regularly presents his work at national conferences.

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Currently, Andrew holds roles ​​​as a race and resilience literacy trainer, measurement lead, facilitator, content designer, data consultant, strategic planning consultant, cultural competence trainer, and executive coach. Andrew is a generalist who works at the intersection of facilitation, content creation, and data. He has worked across sectors with school districts, hospitals, non-profits, public defenders, higher education institutions, sports companies, and international organizations.

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In his spare time, Andrew enjoys studying nerdy board games, playing semiprofessional table tennis, and spending time with his partner, child, and two cats.​