Andy Willis

Andy Willis is the Chief External Affairs Officer (CEAO) for UNC Health and the UNC School of Medicine. Mr. Willis previously served as the Chief of Staff for UNC Health Care and the UNC School of Medicine. As CEAO, Mr. Willis is utilizing his years of public sector experience to assist Dr. Wesley Burks and other senior administrators in the design and implementation of collaborative projects with numerous public and private partners around the state. Mr. Willis has management responsibility over the following units: Communications, Marketing/Branding, Consumer Insights and Community Affairs; Federal, State, and Local Governmental Affairs; University Relations; UNC Health Care System Board of Directors; UNC Health Foundation – philanthropy; and the strategic/policy initiatives of the Dean and CEO. He is one of the ten senior leaders serving on the CEO/Dean’s Executive Council.