Andy Berke

Andy Berke, former mayor of Chattanooga, has been announced as a new special representative for broadband with the National Telecommunications and Intelligence Administration. Under Berke’s leadership, Chattanooga established several digital equity programs, including Tech Goes Home, which offers technology training, skills, and access to families. At the end of his term, Berke led a partnership to provide high speed broadband at no cost to every family with a child on free or reduced lunch, making Chattanooga the first community in the country with such a benefit. A native of Chattanooga, Berke served for five years in the Tennessee State Senate before becoming Chattanooga’s mayor. Berke holds a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a law degree from the University of Chicago Law School.