Mary Kate Andris, Ed.D. '11 has been named the next president and CEO of the Civic Leadership Institute in Norfolk, Virginia. Through the Civic Leadership Institute, Andris will help prepare executive leaders as well as host a scholars' program for Old Dominion University and Tidewater Community College students.

Andris joins the Civic Leadership Institute after serving as director of council partnerships for Girl Scouts of the USA. She supported 30 council CEOs and their board chairs in annual and strategic planning for growth and sustainability. Before that, she was president and CEO of the YWCA South Hampton Roads in Chesapeake, Virginia.

She earned a doctor of education in higher education administration and a master’s degree in higher education from Widener University and a bachelor’s degree in international management from Moravian University.