Andrea Chartock

Andrea Chartock joined the Washington State Department of Commerce in 2025. Andrea leads the state’s economic development office and its marketing efforts to encourage businesses to choose Washington for growth.

Andrea has led economic development and competitiveness projects globally for over 25 years, including supporting small and medium-sized enterprises to increase sales, jobs, exports and attract investments in more than 30 countries. She has extensive experience in the industry sectors important to Washington, such as agriculture (tree fruit, grain and berries), information and communication technology, tourism, creative economy, industrial symbiosis, forest products and clean tech. Andrea has a master’s degree in international policy studies as well as an undergraduate degree with honors from Stanford University.