Andrea is one of the original influencers, having hosted radio/TV and online blogs for many years – and she is still an active eco-writer. She is also a seasoned entrepreneur, having grown and sold 3 award-winning hardware companies. She recently acquired White Rock Granola, LLC – maker of delicious granola in multiple flavors. Plans include rebranding, expansion into new business channels, and new flavors. www.WhiteRockGranola.com.Andrea is a nationally-known authority on products and processes for home improvement, small business development and eco-friendly radio and TV. She has a wide breadth of knowledge from decorative hardware to gardening, environmental issues to animal husbandry. Andrea's first company, HARDWARE+Plus, was a mail-order supplier of decorative builder's hardware and architectural accoutrements to homeowners, contractors and designers. The company's claim to fame is that it supplied backdrop materials to the entertainment industry, theme parks and restaurants including over 300 films and TV shows such as Jumanji, Legends of the Falls, Silence of the Lambs, Casper and Sabrina, several Disney theme parks, MGM Theme Park, numerous casinos and hotels, and restaurants such as Spaghetti Warehouse.After selling HARDWARE+Plus to Dallas-based Elliott's Hardware in 1997, Andrea launched Nostalgic Warehouse, a decorative hardware manufacturer with styles based on vintage designs. She grew the business to supply over 1,200 decorative showrooms, Lowes and Home Depot before selling it to The Steelworks Corporation in 2001.In 2013, Andrea's innovative company, Gecko Hardware, an eco-friendly True Value store, opened to great fanfare and won multiple awards. Andrea sold that business to Sharon Anderson, CEO of Half Price Books, in 2016. Andrea's radio shows included Ask Andrea, The Energy Show and Mother Earth News Radio. She has been an oft-consulted personality on radio and TV programs such as Martha Stewart Radio, DIY's Tools & Techniques, Fox Morning Show and Good Morning Texas. Her articles and expertise have appeared in consumer and industry publications including Reader’s Digest, Women’s Day, Country Home, Old House Interiors, GreenSourceDFW, Hardware Retailing and The Hardware Connection. Andrea's book, If I had a Hammer, was published by Harper Collins and she is currently working on a manual about backyard chickens for Texas A&M University Press. Her current articles can often be seen in GreenSourceDFW.com and she is the editor for the DFW CPG Insider newsletter, covering trends in the consumer packaged goods industry.