Andy Maner

BA, Communication, Purdue University, 1991

Andy Maner is the Chairman of NewSpring’s Federal Holdings, within the Firm's majority investment strategy focused on sector-specific platform builds, NewSpring Holdings. He is responsible for providing strategic and operating guidance/governance as NewSpring Holdings grows its portfolio of multiple Defense/Intelligence businesses that provide technology services to the U.S. Government.

With over 30 years of executive leadership experience, Andy has a track record of building companies organically and through significant M&A that focus on consistently delivering excellence to clients while maintaining a strong culture of professional development and future growth. He is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Avantus, which sold to QinetiQ in 2022 for $590M.

Andy’s previous experience includes being a Managing Partner of US Federal within the IBM Global Business Services, CEO of National Interest Security Company (NISC), CFO of the Department of Homeland Security from 2004 – 2006, and Chief of Staff to Customs Commissioner Bonner from 2002 – 2004. He also served in the administration of President George H. W. Bush in the White House and as a Staff Assistant under Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater in the White House Press Office (1991 to 1993). Maner was also asked to accompany President George H.W. Bush into private life after the 1992 election. After serving in the White House, he was the Special Assistant to the 1993 United Nations Envoy to Somalia in Mogadishu.

Andy holds an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Arts from Purdue University. Since 2009, Andy has served on the Board of No Greater Sacrifice, a veteran’s charity focused on education for children of the fallen and severely wounded. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the George and Barbara Bush Foundation.