Team

Andrea is the President/CEO of AWE Corporate Interiors, a Phoenix-based commercial office furniture dealership. Having been in the corporate design and office furniture business for over 34 years, in 2004, Andrea felt the time was right for her to found her own firm and have greater control over the culture and values she aspired to have in an active workplace. Andrea’s values include delivering distinctive service to her clients, providing consistently fair dealings with all her associates, and that being a good corporate citizen to the community. Her goals have always included bringing all of her associates and clients to success, and her understanding of the challenges of working parenthood made flexibility for employees a cornerstone to her culture building. The mix seems to be working, as AWE was a winner of Trendway’s (a furniture manufacturer) President’s Club award for sales volume in 2008, and in 2009, AWE was named one of Coamerica Bank’s “Companies to Watch”. AWE has been ranked the #1 in Ranking Arizona 5 years in a row as the best Office furniture small business in Arizona. The progress has been outstanding, and Andrea and AWE are a formidable presence in the Phoenix furniture market. Andrea has always taken her “corporate citizenship” in the community to heart, and this has continued since founding AWE Corporate Interiors. She has been a member of the Board of Visitors for twenty-one years. This organization has been a part of the Valley for many years, focusing on grants and donations for the health-related needs of children, women, and the elderly. She has held positions on the Grants Committee, Flower Girl Selection, Charity Ball Committee, Ball Presentation, Fashion Show Co-Chair, Flower Girl Activities, By-Laws Committee, and the Executive Board. Andrea has also been active at The Cancer Support Community of Arizona, which funds and delivers free cancer support programs for cancer sufferers, caregivers, and families. This cause is near and dear to her, having lost a brother to the disease. In 2009, Andrea co-chaired the “Porch Party” fundraiser, bringing in over $140,000 to further fund the outstanding services of The Wellness Community. Andrea also serves in ARCS – Achievement Rewards for College Scientists – Arizona Chapter, helping Arizona graduate students with scholarship awards to further their studies and goals in the STEM sciences. This has been a long-supported group by both sides of her family and continues to be near her heart going forward. Andrea is active in (and former President of) Phoenix Rotary 100. Rotarians are leaders in their vocation, profession, and community. We meet bi-weekly to discuss improving the lives of people, both locally and globally. The Rotary motto is “Service Above Self” and Rotary is an organization of over 33,000 local clubs serving their communities around the world. Phoenix Rotary 100 was founded in 1914 as the 100th club to join Rotary. Through the years, Phoenix Rotary 100 has been at the forefront of community service in Phoenix and beyond, with a past and present membership list reading like Who’s Who in the State’s history. Mayors, governors, U.S. senators and one Supreme Court Justice have all been a part of Phoenix Rotary 100. Other famous Rotarians include Neil Armstrong, Walt Disney, Thomas Edison, Dianne Feinstein, Gerald Ford, John F. Kennedy, Charles Mayo, J.C. Penney, Manny Pacquaio, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles Walgreen, Sam Walton, Woodrow Wilson and Orville Wright, to name just a few. As Rotarian Winston Churchill once said, “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”