At the Autumn 2024 Department Advisory Board meeting, Michael Neblo and Paul Beck joined the board members to recognize Andrew Holbrook with the 2024 Distinguished Graduate Alumni Faculty Award.
Holbrook is a Senior Vice President at Wells Fargo, specializing in translating social scientific insights on consumer behavior into financial service products and services optimally suited to meet the needs of customers.
Prior to joining Wells Fargo in 2013, Andrew started his career in financial services career in 2006 at JPMorgan Chase.
After receiving his PhD in Political Science from Ohio State in 2005, he was Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of New Orleans, where Hurricane Katrina cut short his academic career. Andrew and his wife, Sarah, are both Ohio natives who now live in San Francisco, CA. When they are not sheltering in place with their cat, Axel, they like to sail and travel internationally.