Andrea is the founder and CEO of YourTango, an independent, purpose-driven publisher focused on love and relationships - whose articles, stories and videos reach 30 million+ people per month globally.
YourTango’s mission is to revolutionize relationships – in all their joy, messiness, hurt, heartache, healing, wonder, and triumph – and lead a movement to energize and elevate relational wellness in millions of lives. Every single day: YourTango is opening its audience’s hearts and igniting positive change in their lives through compelling, actionable editorial. YourTango Experts is a B2B enterprise within the company whose mission is to help healing and helping professionals thrive in their important clinical and academic work. More on YourTango’s purpose and ambitions here.
As an impassioned relationship catalyst, Andrea hosts a new video podcast, Open Relationships: Transforming Together, which is distributed in partnership with iHeartMedia and is available in all major outlets including Spotify, iTunes, Audible, and YouTube.
Andrea made her debut as an author through her first book, Radical Acceptance, The Secret to Happy, Lasting Love, published May, 2017 by the Atria Division of Simon & Schuster. Radical Acceptance was a recipient of the prestigious Nautilus Award, whose core mission is to celebrate books that support conscious living, high-level wellness, positive social change & social justice, as well as spiritual growth.
Andrea has been featured frequently in the media, including multiple appearances on The Today Show, The Early Show, Better TV, CNN, E!, Fox News, ABC, and radio stations across the U.S., as well as in national publications such as USA Today, HuffPost, The New York Post, The Los Angeles Times, and Business Week. Andrea is a frequent panelist and guest speaker on industry panels including Internet Week and SXSW, as well as for classes and events at Harvard University, Columbia University, Fordham University, The Wharton School and NYU Stern School of Business.
Andrea is a graduate of Tulane University (B.S. Mechanical Engineering) as well as Columbia Business School (M.B.A.), where she was the managing editor of The Bottom Line, the school’s student newspaper. Andrea also participated as a student through an epic global adventure called Semester at Sea. Prior to launching YourTango, Andrea pursued a rewarding career in finance and consulting, including positions with Goldman Sachs, ICF Consulting and Enron’s international finance team, which gave her the opportunity to live in Mumbai, India, for three years. Andrea has served on multiple boards, including The New York Theatre Workshop, ARZU, and 85 Broads, prior to its acquisition of Ellevest.
Andrea has earned a black belt in Shotokan karate by the Japan Karate Association (JKA); is a licensed private pilot; loves to ski, hike, garden, read, travel, dance with abandon and spend time with friends and family. Andrea and her husband live with their two amazing young sons in Colorado Springs.
