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Andrew Puente

Chairman

Andrew is the Global Sourcing and Vendor Management Director for Dover Corporation in Downers Grove, IL, responsible for sourcing strategy and developing strategic partnerships for the global manufacturing firm. And Andrew has served on the CHAT Board of Directors since 2014 and as Chair since 2015.

Previously, he spent 10 years at United Airlines as the Director of Sourcing and Vendor Management and also held roles in Finance and IT. Andrew was a key leader in the United Airlines and Continental merger that occurred in 2011. Prior to United Airlines, Andrew held various finance and accounting roles at Motorola, Inc. in several of their business divisions.

He has a MBA from the University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business and a finance degree from Georgetown University. He and his wife Destiny have two children, one of whom has speech and hearing challenges.