Andy Cofino is a consultant and educator with over 15 years of experience helping organizations support & affirm their LGBTQIA+ employees, customers, and clients.
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Andy Cofino (he/him/his pronouns) currently serves as the Director of the UCLA Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) Campus Resource Center and Core Member for Trans Inclusion of the Gender and Sexuality Knowledge Community of NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education.
He previously held roles supporting LGBTQIA+ people at Princeton University, New York University, and on the Executive Board of the National Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals.
Andy provides consulting, curriculum design, and facilitation with social impact, governmental, higher education, and private corporations nationwide, offering insights & expertise on supporting LGBTQIA+ populations.
Andy identifies as bisexual and transgender and often draws from his personal and professional experience to create a learning environment that is both data-driven and personally compelling.
Andy received his Bachelor of Arts in English and Women’s and Gender Studies with a minor in Italian from Pace University summa cum laude. He also holds a Master of Arts in LGBTQ Studies, Social Justice, and Creative Writing from New York University and is currently pursuing his MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Previous Engagements Include
- AMDA College of the Performing Arts, Los Angeles
- American Musical and Dramatic Academy, New York
- American University
- Association of American Medical Colleges Group on Diversity & Inclusion National Meeting
- Drew University
- Edwin Gould Services for Children and Families
- Franklin & Marshall College
- Hun School of Princeton
- Hunter College
- LGBT Health Workforce Conference at Hunter College
- Mamaroneck High School
- Marist College
- Merrimack College
- National Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals
- New York State Nurses Association
- New York University
- North Central University
- Northern Essex Community College
- Pennsylvania College of Art & Design
- Princeton University
- Portland State University
- Queens University of Charlotte
- Rhode Island College
- Rutgers University
- Stanford University
- Southern Vermont College
- University of Michigan – Ross School of Business
- University of California – Los Angeles
- Vanderbilt University
- Association of American Medical Colleges Group on Diversity & Inclusion National Meeting (San Diego, CA)
- Creating Change: National Conference on LGBTQ Equality (Detroit, MI; Houston, TX; Washington, DC)
- Dyson Society of Fellows Conference at the Pace University Graduate Center (White Plains, NY)
- GLBT Studies Symposium at American University (Washington, D.C.)
- Lehigh Valley LGBTQIA Intercollegiate Conference (Bethlehem, PA)
- LGBT Health Workforce Conference at Hunter College (New York, NY)
- NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (Baltimore, MD; Los Angeles, CA)
- NASPA Multicultural Institute (New Orleans, LA)
- National Association of International Educators Conference (Philadelphia, PA)
- National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education (NCORE; San Francisco, CA)
- National Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals Panelist: Consortium Center Awareness Day Panel (Virtual)
- New York State Association of School Nurses Conference (White Plains, NY)
- New York University Alumni & Family Weekend (Virtual)
- Northeast LGBT Conference at Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ)
- Philadelphia Transgender Health Conference (Philadelphia, PA)
- Q Quest Queer Youth Festival at the Webster School (Minneapolis, MN)
- Transcending Boundaries Conference (Hartford, CT)
- Transecting Society Conference at the University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH)
- UCLA Administrative Management Group (AMG) Leadership Conference (Virtual)
- University of Michigan – Ross School of Business: Out for Business OUTx Conference (Virtual)
- Human Sexuality (The College of New Jersey, 2015-2016)
- Contemporary Issues in Higher Education (California State University, Fresno, 2019)
- LGBTQ Institutions and Organizations (UCLA, 2018-2022)
- Program Development & Evaluation in Student Affairs (UCLA, 2018-2022)
- Bioengineering Seminar (UCLA, 2022)
Media & Acknowledgements
- UCLA Newsroom, “LGBTQ Center celebrates 25 years with renewed emphasis on empowerment,” 2020
- Diverse Issues in Higher Education, “College Resource Centers Step Up to Support LGBTQA+ Students,” 2020
- UCLA Newsroom, “Gift to LGBTQ center honors legacy of Bruin activist,” 2021
- UCLA Newsroom, “LGBTQ students celebrate community, accomplishments at Lavender Graduation,” 2021
- Statement with UCLA Vice Chancellor of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion on “Uplifting UCLA’s LGBTQIA+ Community, Committing to Pride Beyond Pride Month,” 2021
- Bruin Family Highlights Podcast, “Supporting LGBTQ Bruins with Andy Cofino,” 2021
- UCLA Newsroom, “What’s the significance of the U.S. Education Department affirming that Title IX protects transgender students? Q&A with Andy Cofino,” 2021
- District of Columbia Department of Health, “How I Define ‘Man of Trans Experience’,” 2021
- UCLA Magazine, “Beyond Binary,” 2022
- ACPA–College Student Educators International Standing Committee for LGBT Awareness Val DuMontier Award (2015)
- Princeton University, Service to the LGBT Community Award (2018)
- Pace University Lavender Graduation, Alumni of the Year (2021)
- Recipient, Chancellor’s Leadership and Diversity Scholarship, UCLA Anderson School, Executive Program (2022)