Andrew Towne

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About Andrew Towne

Andrew Towne is a private equity professional, endurance athlete, speaker and lawyer. Andrew holds 5 world records in ocean rowing, US national championships in collegiate rowing and club running, and a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. He has also climbed the tallest mountain on every continent (including Mt Everest). Passionate about international relations, Andrew promoted intercultural exchange as the Chair of Youth For Understanding USA and has lived/worked in 8 countries, advised governments and multi-national corporations on strategic issues as as Principal at BCG, and has served the US government in a variety of foreign policy roles. Andrew earned his JD/MBA from The Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was a Morgenthau Scholar, Friedman Scholar, and Institute of Law and Economics Scholar. Andrew holds a bachelor's degree in political science with honors from Yale University and studied for a year at the University of Nairobi as an NSEP Boren Scholar.