Andy Smith

Andy Smith is the director of Giving and Volunteering for Texas Instruments and is the executive director of the TI Foundation. He joined TI in 1997, where his roles have included media relations and leading the worldwide marketing communications team for TI’s Analog businesses. Prior to joining TI, he worked as development and PR director for several nonprofit organizations and as a PR agency account executive.

A fifth-generation Texan, Andy received an Associate’s degree from Tyler Junior College and a B.A. from Southern Methodist University, cum laude.

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP / BOARD SERVICE

Andy is active in the community, serving on the boards of the All Angels Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas, Dallas Education Foundation, Dallas Symphony Association (executive board), Dallas Theater Center (president), TACA, The Dallas Assembly and the SMU Dedman College Executive Board. He also served on the Dallas Black Dance Theatre Advisory Stakeholder Task Force.

Additionally, Andy and his husband, Paul von Wupperfeld, are co-chairing, along with Meagan LeBoissiere, a $12M comprehensive campaign for Resource Center’s new health campus. Andy and Paul are also two of the co-chairs of the 2026 Dallas Theater Center Centerstage Gala.

Furthermore, Andy was named a recipient of a 2026 TACA Silver Cup Award.  He’s previously been recognized with a 2021 Obelisk Award, Business Champion of the Arts category, and is a Leadership Dallas alumnus (class of 2010). He and Paul co-chaired galas for the Dallas Museum of Art (2024), Dallas Symphony (2020, 2021), the Dallas Theater Center (2019) and Dallas Summer Musicals (2017; now Broadway Dallas). Andy also co-chaired the 2023 TACA Silver Cup Awards Luncheon.