Professional Experience
Andrea began her career in public relations in 2001 after a decade in TV News as a reporter and producer at WAAY-TV (ABC) in Huntsville, Alabama, and WKRN-TV (ABC) in Nashville. She won numerous awards including an Emmy, National Headliner Award, two Edward R. Murrow Awards and was twice named Best Producer in the State by the Associated Press.
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Andrea brings more than three decades of communications experience to FINN Partners. She works with local, regional and national clients, maximizing brand awareness through communications strategies. She co-leads the agency’s Corporate/Consumer Practice Group and specializes in crisis communications, messaging and presentation skills.
Andrea is the President of the Nashville Chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier, an international group of women leaders who specialize in food, beverage, hospitality and farming. She is also Secretary of the Southeast District Board of the Public Relations Society of America. Andrea is a board member of the Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee Chapter of the National MS Society, previously serving as Board Chair, Governance Chair, and a member of the National Board Nominating Committee and National Board Advisory Development Committee. The Nashville Business Journal named her one of the 2017 Women of Influence.