USA Intern Coordinator, EMI USA

Professional Training & Experience

• B.S. Civil Engineering, George Fox University, 2013
• MJ Murdock Charitable Trust Vision & Call Intern 2013-2015
• EMI USA Intern 2016 - Christian Camp masterplan in Trinidad & Tobago
• EMI Associate Board Member & Project Volunteer 2017-2018
• Structural Engineering at Affinity Consulting Group, 2016-2020
• EMI USA Intern Coordinator 2020-2024

After interning with EMI, Andy began working for Affinity Consulting Group in Colorado Springs. At ACG Andy performed structural design of residential and commercial structures as well as structural based forensic engineering in regards to designing repair plans for damaged and failing structures-typically due to foundation movement or water or fire based damage. Andy currently holds his EIT certification and has plans to become licensed in the state of Colorado.

Ministry Experience

Andy first developed an interest in using engineering skills to equip ministries in high school while on a relief trip after Hurricane Katrina. After college, he had the opportunity to intern with an engineer and local missionaries in a small village in Swaziland (Eswatini), Africa where he helped facilitate care point outreach to the primarily orphan-based community alongside local projects and community garden development. Upon returning to the states, Andy spent a year working as a peer mentor in a farming-based Christian facility for young adults recovering from addiction called His Mansion Ministries. In 2015, Andy served as the college staff coordinator and program intern at Twin Rocks Friends Camp where he mentored counselors, facilitated retreats, and led an after-school program for youth. In 2020 Andy started in the EMI US office and hired, trained and mobilized over 140 interns to each of EMI's offices over the next 5 years. Andy married his wife Sarah in summer 2023 and they currently live in Colorado Springs as Andy transitions into the design/project work at EMI.