Andrew Maher

I help organizations design, implement, and evaluate training and education programs. With 20 years of experience in academic and applied public health, I specialize in translating complex research and subject matter expertise into practical, learner-centered programs that work in real-world settings.

I started my career as a Peace Corps volunteer in Mozambique, teaching and mentoring young people during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. That experience set the direction for everything that followed — nearly a decade living and working in southern Africa, leading research and capacity building initiatives as part of the global HIV/AIDS response.

This portfolio highlights work from my role as Learning Design Lead at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Institute for Global Health Sciences from 2020 to 2026. In this role, I led the design, delivery, and evaluation of a portfolio of training programs for pandemic preparedness and response — overseeing the standards, workflows, and infrastructure that made high-quality learning repeatable at scale across large cross-functional teams producing courses that have reached thousands of learners in 50+ countries.