andy
educator and social entrepreneur
aboutme
A social entrepreneur and educator. Born and raised in New York City, I am a college educator focused on entrepreneurship and finance.
I am passionate about leveling the playing field of opportunity for all through developing entrepreneurial competencies, personal financial capability, and social ventures.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Wall Street
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Technical market strategist
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Raised capital and started a small hedge fund (first business)
Main Street
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Social Entrepreneur
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Started five everyday small businesses
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Two exits
Higher Education
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15 years. teaching
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Tenured professor
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Co-Founded an innovation lab
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Founded a research institute & fellows program
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Executive leadership role
myprojects
Learn about some recent projects I am involved with. I invite you to reach out to me if you are interested in helping, or co-creating something new.
Co-founder of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation --The InLab@HCC
Started five entrepreneurial ventures
Books about how entrepreneurship education creates a more equitable economy
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15 years of higher education teaching experience
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Tenured Associate Professor.
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Graduate and undergraduate courses
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Scholarship
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Program and course development
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Director of an entrepreneurship center
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National speaker
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Extensive work with veterans and their family members interested in self-employment.
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Workforce development leader.
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Personal and small business financial management advocate.
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Scaled a seed fund for everyday entrepreneurs.
Fellow
Partner
I serve as a fellow for Next Gen Personal Finance, a Palo Alto based nonprofit that provides educators with personal finance resources, curriculum and support, and worked closely with Intuit Education to develop a financial management
curriculum for everyday entrepreneurs & educators
I am actively engaged in providing military veterans and their family members with open access to entrepreneurship education, through a unique national partnership with Syracuse University's Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF).