Andrew Moore is the director of youth and young adult connections at the National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education, and Families (NLCI), a foundation-funded "action tank" that helps municipal leaders take action on behalf of the children, youth, and families in their communities. In this capacity, he leads the Cities Connecting Children to Nature initiative, and has also published extensively in the policy fields of school-leaver reengagement as well as jail and juvenile justice reform. Earlier, Andrew spent fifteen years building the nationwide network of service and conservation corps, and has consulted on strategic program development with numerous clients in the youth development field in the United States and United Kingdom. He currently resides in Philadelphia, the fifth largest city in the USA. Andrew holds degrees from Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Fellow of Salzburg Global Session 574, The Child in the City: Health, Parks, and Play, in 2017.