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Andrew T. Carr, Executive Director

Andrew CarrAndrew T. Carr is the Executive Director of the Rainbow/PUSH Wall Street Project. Previously, Mr. Carr worked for JPMorgan Chase, as a Small Business Relationship Manager, he served as advisor to a portfolio of 400 small businesses and managed a $16 million portfolio of business deposits, credits and investments. In addition, he provided consulting services to businesses and financial service organizations as founder and CEO of the A.L. Carr Group, working with M.R. Beal & Company, the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, Wall Street Conferences Inc., and others.

Mr. Carr has marketed, negotiated and structured over $13 billion of tax-exempt and taxable securities for state and local agencies and electric utilities, including financial advisory services for over $2.3 billion of international bond deals.  Mr. Carr's prior client experience includes serving as underwriting manager for state agencies in Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, and many others.  He has held executive positions at A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. and at UBS/PaineWebber Inc., and in the public sector has worked with the Illinois Commerce Commission, the Illinois Housing Development Authority, and City Water, Light and Power in Springfield, Ill.

He is national president of the Urban Financial Services Coalition and immediate past president of the New York Chapter. He serves on the membership committee of the Financial Women Association, the trade association of women and minorities in the financial services industry, is a past board member of the New York Chapter of the National Association of Securities Professionals, and is a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. He has been a speaker for Goldman Sachs’s Institute for Entrepreneurial Thinking, the American Management Association’s Youth Programs, Citigroup African-American Heritage Network, and Minority Interchange.

Mr. Carr has received numerous awards in his distinguished career.  In 2005 he received Distinguished Partnership Award from The Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc.; the Pyramid Award in Leadership from the African Heritage Parade Committee, Inc., the Dr. Charles R. Drew Community Service Award from The American Red Cross, and the Civic Community Award from NV Magazine.

A graduate of Western Illinois University.  Mr. Carr holds a MA in Economics from the University of Illinois at Springfield and a MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago.  He also, is a Registered Securities Representative. Mr. Carr is married to LaDonna B. Carr and he is a member of Community Baptist Church, Englewood, New Jersey.

Telephone: 212-425-7874, Ext. 112
Email: Acarr@rainbowpush.org

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