Department of Economics

Andrew McKay

  • Graduated: 2010
  • Field: Sales/Retail, Technology

Andrew McKay, who completed his BA in Economics with honors in 2010, is a sales representative at Anaplan in the San Francisco Bay Area. While a student at Chico Andrew was treasurer and fund raising chair during his sophomore year, vice-president during his junior year and president of the Economics Club during his senior years. He also served as student ambassador to the Dean of Behavioral and Social Sciences and he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma Honors Society. Since 2006 Andrew has been a member of the San Francisco SurfRider Foundation , an organization dedicated to protecting oceans and beaches. He joined the San Francisco Young Executive Council in 2014 and Andrew is a sponsorship co-chair.

During his sophomore year Andrew began supporting himself as a self-employed economics tutor helping students with statistics, calculus as well as most economics courses. He also assisted student who needed help with writing assignments and instructors who needed help with introductory economics.

After graduation Andrew accepted a job as project manager for Green Swan in Novato, California, where he led a team effort to fabricate patent designs, organize trade shows, research markets, and launch products. After almost a year and one-half at Green Swan, Andrew moved on to Prudential Financial where he worked as a financial professional associate and in 2013 he got a job as a financial services representative with MassMutual Financial Group, both firms located in the Bay Area.

In 2014 Andrew accepted a job as a platform specialist with SalesForce in San Francisco “helping customers turn ideas into apps via the Salesforce1 platform,” according to his LinkedIn page. Since 2015 Andrew has been in sales with Anaplan.

Portrait of Andrew McKay