Meet Andrea Reynolds

Despite a high IQ, Andrea Reynolds was considered "least likely to succeed" by her high school teachers and classmates... based only on her mother's scandalous behavior in the small town where she grew up. After leaving home and escaping the stifling, small town mentality, Andrea found she loved learning, attended 7 universities in 3 countries, and excelled in difficult courses, graduating with a degree in both marketing and family studies. She studied abroad at Oxford University and did graduate level work at the Fashion Institute in New York.

As the only woman in most of her university business classes, she worked doubly hard to prove herself and earned an "A" as the final grade - in "Marketing in the 21st Century" - from a professor known for his refusal to give "A"s for ten years. This was 1972, decades before most people were considering what business would be like in the year 2000. This professor, Donald F. Mulvihill, one of the founders of the Marketing Management Association, was impressed with Andrea's forward thinking. At her high school's tenth year reunion she was declared "most dynamically improved" by the Class President.

She went on to host and co-host talk radio in both the US and Canada, host a television show, publish how-to books for over 25 years, publish 6 newsletters, and write advice columns. Published from the age of 15, Andrea invalidated her high school English teacher's pronouncement that she didn't have what it took to be published. As a marketing strategist, she was hired by some of the most brilliant experts and independent professionals in the world as well as Fortune/Financial Post 100 corporations for her marketing solutions and strategies.

Andrea has appeared as an occasional guest expert on CBC's "Morningside" with the late Peter Gzowski, CFRB radio, on "Dini", CityTv's "Breakfast Television", Global News at Noon, CBC Evening News, and was interviewed by Sir David Frost. She has been quoted in Time, Success, USA Today, Sales & Marketing Management, Entrepreneur, Globe and Mail, Financial Post, National Post, Canadian Business, Toronto Star, etc. She has been listed in various "who's who" directories in Toronto and Canada.


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She became her own first client in 1977 after attempting to hire a Toronto public relations firm to gain exposure for her (then) wardrobe consulting service. The agency wanted a $3,000 fee to "take a few editors to lunch to talk about her." Marketing degree in hand, Andrea knew she could do as much for herself for far less money. As she became more visible two author-management consultants asked her to promote them and her expert-promotion practice was launched in 1979.

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EDUCATION

The Learning Annex, Toronto: 

· How to Make It in Radio 

· How to Make Money Doing Voice-Overs

Ryerson University: Continuing Education, Fashion Art (Toronto)

Fashion Institute of Technology: Graduate courses, Education (NYC)

Kent State University, Ohio
Bachelor of Science Degree, Double Major:
1. Family and Consumer Science (Education)
2. Marketing and Communications

· Radio & Television Broadcast Techniques

· Business & Professional Speaking 

· Writing for Radio, TV, Press, PR

· Marketing Management

· Family Studies/Home Economics

· Secondary Education

Oxford University, England: Comparative Education (Semester aboad)

Edinboro State College: Secondary Education
Hiram College: Undergrad work, French, Liberal Arts (Ohio)
McDowell High School: Diploma (Erie)
 
PERSONAL DATA

· Citizenship: USA with Permanent Resident Status in Canada. 

· Previously resided: Kent, Ohio; Oxford & London, England; St. Louis, Missouri; Toronto,Ontario
· Traveled throughout Latin & South America

ACHIEVEMENTS

· Critiqued candidates for Ontario Premier and Canadian Prime Minister during provincial and federal elections for Canadian Press wire service 

· Quoted in Time, Success, USA Today, Financial Post, etc. 

· Received tongue-in-cheek Connie Award for "outstanding contribution to Canadian capitalism" (named for Conrad Black) by Canadian Business Magazine.

· Listed in "Who's Who in Toronto" and "Who's Who in Canadian Women".

BUSINESSES CREATED BY ANDREA
Andrea Reynolds International Public Relations
www.CrisisBrainstorm.com
Rent A Writer
Handy Ande
Crash Courses
Author's Bed and Breakfast, Toronto, 1997-1998
Experts Who Speak, speaker agency, 1990-2005
Commission Free Speakers 2007

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor, Hamot Women's Health Connection, Erie
Instructor, The Learning Annex, Toronto
Instructor, The Network for Learning, Toronto
Teacher, Jane Junior High School, Toronto
Supply Teacher, York Board of Education, Toronto
Supply Teacher, North York Board of Education, Toronto

SPEAKING EXPERIENCE
See list of Audiences

PUBLICATIONS WRITTEN
See publications list

QUOTES AND FEATURE STORIES
See list of interviews

    MEDIA EXPERIENCE
    Radio host, WFLP 1530 (predecessor of WJET 1400), Erie
    - Recipe Line
    - Open House (real estate)
    - Relationship Line
    Radio Co-Host, CFRB 1010 Radio, Toronto

    VOICE-OVER EXPERIENCE
    See     voice-overs page

    AWARDS
    Ontario Milk Marketing Board Recipe Contest (Second Prize: $500 value)
    Canadian Business Magazine, Connie Award (named for publishing magnate Conrad Black)

    MEMBERSHIPS     (Past)
    National Writers Union
    Periodical Writers Association of Canada
    Society for Intercultural, Education, Training and Research
    Ontario Home Economics Association
    Toronto Home Economics Association

    LANGUAGES STUDIED    : French, Spanish...Oh, and English.