Biography
Andrew Gritzmaker is a Fort Wayne native and a graduate of North Side High School and Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), where he earned a Bachelor of Science in public affairs (IU) and a Master of Arts in public management (IU).
He started his career at Lutheran Hospital in 2007 in Human Resources and left as Risk Manager in 2013 to join a local nonprofit, the Mad Anthonys Children’s Hope House (MACHH) (now Hope’s Harbor). There he provided overnight accommodations to families around the region with critically ill or injured children. During his time at MACHH he facilitated a merger with the Indiana Burn Council, opening a second location at St. Joseph Hospital and broke ground on a third location in 2018 at Dupont Hospital.
Andrew was named CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne in February 2019. He helped the Habitat eliminate $2.5M in debt and revamp their building efforts which included low-income census track development. He facilitated a comprehensive restructuring which produced a 500% increase in annual housing production, averaging nearly 20 homes per year. Today our local Habitat affiliate is the 15th largest in the nation.
In October 2022, Andrew was named President and CEO of YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne which includes 8 membership facilities, the Youth Service Bureau, Child Care Services, Metro Office and Camp Potawotami. The YMCA has over 1,200 employees and 80,000 members. Their strategic vision is to help our community become a Top 10 healthiest metro in the U.S.
