Andrew J. Futey

Andrew J. Futey brings more than 30 years of extensive government and campaign experience. He provides public policy and government relations consulting, strategic planning, public affairs and campaign development strategies at the international, federal, state and local levels. His clients have included Ohio and out-of-state Fortune 500 Companies, Major Corporations, Small Businesses, Community Non-Profit Organizations, Professional and State Associations and Governmental Entities. His campaign experience includes serving as a consultant to Presidential, Gubernatorial, US Senate and US House of Representative candidates. He has successfully represented his clients at all levels of government and has the respect of public officials in both parties. 

After eight years as a member of former Ohio Governor George V. Voinovich’s senior staff, he helped direct the successful 1998 and 2004 Voinovich for Senate campaign.  While in the Governor’s Office from June 1995 to June 1998, Futey served as Executive Assistant to the Governor.  In this capacity he served as a policy advisor to the Governor with direct oversight of several Cabinet level state departments.  He was responsible for the implementation of gubernatorial policy and enactment of the legislative agenda for each of these state departments.  He was also responsible for the management and oversight of the Governor’s offices of Minority Affairs, Multi-Cultural and Ethnic Affairs, and Veterans Affairs.  He continued all responsibilities as Director of Personnel and Boards & Commissions, a position held from January 1991 to June 1995. 

In June 2002, the government of Ukraine appointed him as Honorary Consul of Ukraine for the states of Ohio and Kentucky, a position he currently serves.  In September 2016, he was elected President of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), the largest umbrella organization representing nearly 2 million Ukrainian-Americans. In 2018, he was also elected and serves as Vice President of the Ukrainian World Congress.

In September 2023, he was awarded the Order of Merit, Second Degree, by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He was also awarded in August 2021, the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In August 2018, he was awarded the Order of Merit by President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine for his personal significant contribution to advancing the image of Ukraine and to strengthening the U.S.-Ukraine bilateral relations.