Tom Andrews

Tom Andrews, a former Member of Congress representing Maine’s first Congressional district, is now President and CEO of Genocide Intervention Network / Save Darfur Coalition (GI-NET/SDC).  The organization leverages its powerful network – including a membership base of hundreds of thousands of committed activists globally, a nationwide student movement, more than 190 faith-based, advocacy and human rights partner organizations, and a network of institutional investors collectively representing more than $700 million in assets under management – to advocate for stronger policies and actions to prevent and stop genocide and mass atrocities.

Prior to joining GI-NET/SDC, Andrews served as president of Win Without War, a coalition of forty national membership organizations including MoveOn.org, the National Council of Churches, the NAACP, the National Organization for Women and the Sierra Club. Win Without War led the national campaign opposing the US invasion of Iraq and a change of course in US national security strategy.

Andrews’ leadership on national security and related issues thrust him into the national spotlight appearing on network television programs such as Meet the Press, the Rachel Maddow Show, Hardball, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Late Edition, The Ed Show, Wolf Blitzer Reports, John King USA among many others.  His speeches have including an address to the National Press Club in Washington that was broadcast to a live national television and radio audience. Andrews is a widely known and respected strategist and organizer. Win Without War’s campaign to lobby Congress generated over 1 million calls in a single day and a global candlelight vigil conceived and developed by Andrews led to over six thousand events in 136 nations throughout the world.

Andrews has served as Senior Advisor to the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, chaired by Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. He has worked to promote democracy and human rights throughout the world including Indonesia, Cambodia, Yemen, Algeria, Croatia, Serbia, and Ukraine. He has worked for a free and democratic Burma supporting the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, the Euro-Burma Network and other advocacy networks. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Aung San Suu Kyi being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Andrews directed an international campaign for her unconditional release, The Nobel Peace Laureate Campaign for Aung San Suu Kyi and the People of Burma.

Andrews’ service in public office earned him a reputation as a principled leader. The columnist Jack Anderson called him "the most courageous member of Congress."

An activist leader in Maine, Andrews organized families in Portland’s working neighborhoods. He led fights to protect the environment, promote the civil rights of disabled citizens and provide health care to all. He founded and directed the Maine Studies Institute at the University of Southern Maine that engaged Maine teachers in the development of innovative collaborative curriculum. He was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1982, the Maine Senate in 1984 and the US Congress in 1990 where he was elected president of his class. In Congress he served on the Armed Services Committee where he led efforts to convert military spending to meeting critical domestic needs.  He was a Deputy Majority Whip and also served on the Committee on Small Business and the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee.