# a16z welcomes Andy Baker, former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor, to Global Affairs

> Original title: Welcome Andy Baker

- Source: a16z News
- Published: 2026-11-02T14:01:31.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/ufd3cs3twdmpk08v7kou3w3c5
- Original: https://www.a16z.news/p/welcome-andy-baker

## Summary

Andreessen Horowitz says former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Andy Baker will advise its Global Affairs mission and portfolio companies on government priorities, partnerships and geopolitical developments. Baker previously served as National Security Advisor to Vice President JD Vance and spent more than a decade as a Foreign Service Officer, including in Afghanistan and at NATO headquarters in Brussels.