Team

Andy has been a communications strategist and trainer, crisis counselor and keynote speaker for more than thirty years.  Co-author of the best-selling book Get To The Point (Bantam 1990), Andrew is also a lawyer and award-winning journalist. Andrew counseled senior Federal Reserve officials during the banking crisis.

Andrew develops and directs the Yes& Commcore consulting services. He frequently is called upon to help senior executives and government officials prepare for media interviews, new business presentations, briefings, board meetings, testimony before Congressional committees and regulatory agencies, expert witnessing in lawsuits, broadcast appearances, road shows, analyst presentations, and investor meetings.

As a crisis communications expert, Andrew’s experience includes providing counsel to Johnson & Johnson during Tylenol I. The J&J assignment included coaching Chairman James Burke for interviews on 60 Minutes and in other national media. He also prepared senior Lockheed/Martin executives for Congressional hearings following the Challenger accident. He has taught courses in all continents, except Antarctica.

As a journalist, Andrew wrote for trade and consumer publications, as well as a radio reporter and host. Andrew was a frequent contributor to NPR’s award-winning programs “All Things Considered” and “Morning Edition.” He has written for The New York Times, National Law Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Risk Management Newsletter and the Washington Business Journal.

Andrew is admitted to the Bar in New York State and Federal Courts. He has delivered Grand Rounds at Yale University, and has lectured at Harvard University, Wharton School of Business, American Bar Association, China External Trade Development Council in Taiwan, American Association of Advertising Agencies, New School of Social Research, American Society of Association Executives, and D.C. Bar Association. He holds two degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, a BA in History and a MS in Education. His law degree is from Fordham University.