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About: Andra Yeghoian

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Andra Yeghoian brings more than 15 years of experience in education across public and private school systems, nationally and internationally. She currently provides visionary leadership for a California-wide whole systems approach to integrating environmental and climate literacy, and sustainable and climate resilient school efforts, across a school community’s campus, curriculum, community and culture. Andra is also the California Environmental Literacy Initiative Project Director. She holds a B.A. and education credentials from UC Davis, and an MBA from Presidio Graduate School. Under her leadership, she has supported school sites, districts, and county offices in achieving honors such as the U.S. Department of Education and California Green Ribbon Award, Bay Area Green Business Certification, and LEED Platinum Certification for New Buildings.

Mid-Year Reflections: Celebrating Progress and Looking Ahead to 2025 in Environmental Literacy

  • January 13, 2025

The start of a new calendar year offers a great time for reflection and renewal. 2025 feels especially momentous as it marks the 10th anniversary of the Blueprint for Environmental...

Scaling Our Work | An Update on CAELI’s Working Groups

  • December 12, 2023

The 2023-24 CAELI season got off to a strong start with the first annual CAELI Executive Committee coming together in June 2023 to connect around our shared sense of purpose...

Looking Forward to the Year Ahead

  • January 10, 2023

The change of a calendar year offers a great opportunity to take stock of where we have been and to look forward to where we are headed next. In that...

Newly Elected CAELI Co-Chair Shares Vision for Environmental Education

  • March 10, 2022

Environmental literacy leader Andra Yeghoian was recently elected as CAELI Co-Chair by the CAELI Executive Committee, effective March 1st. Yeghoian, the Environmental Literacy and Sustainability Coordinator from San Mateo County...

Three Recommendations for Schools During COP26

  • November 18, 2021

Following the recent 26th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow and the increasing awareness — as a result of the recent Intergovernmental...

The IPCC Report Offers Educational Leaders the Opportunity to Lead Our Most Important Teachable Moment

  • September 7, 2021
As students return to school this fall, educators are tasked with balancing young people's education with a staggering set of urgent situations that call us to act. An important starting...

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