Andrea Bazán was promoted to the role of President at After-School All-Stars in July 2021 after serving as Chief Development Officer. Previously, Andrea was CEO of PUENTE Learning Center, a prominent Charter School, Adult Education Center and nonprofit in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles.
Andrea has had a career in nonprofits, philanthropy, and academia. She’s recognized nationally as a leader and has dedicated her life to ensuring that opportunities exist for all. She has served as SVP of Development at United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, President of Triangle Community Foundation, and Executive Director of El Pueblo, a statewide Latino policy organization she co-founded.
Her board service includes UnidosUS where she also served as Chair, The Duke Endowment, The Rex Endowment, Wachovia Bank, Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC, The Nasher Museum, and The Women’s Forum, among others.
She was named to the Medical Care Commission and NC Institute of Medicine by NC Gov. Hunt and NC Gov. Mike Easley as well as serving as an advisor to UNC President Erskine Bowles in the UNC Tomorrow Commission. She had the honor of being named to President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Community Partnerships and was also a member of the Homeland Security Council’s Southwest Border Task Force under Secretary Shalala.
Andrea’s work has been recognized and awarded by multiple agencies including the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, UNC’s School of Social Work, UNC’s School of Public Health, Working Mother Magazine, Triangle Business Journal Forty Under Forty, Chapel Hill, Meredith College, Delta Omega National Public Health Honorary Society, North Carolina Hospitals, Bennett College, Women of Achievement of North Carolina and the City of Durham
Andrea holds two Master’s Degrees; a Master’s in Public Health and a Master’s in Social Work from the University of NC at Chapel Hill. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Millsaps College in Jackson MS. She grew up in Argentina and moved to New Orleans as a young teenager with her family after fleeing Argentina during the Dirty War. Andrea is the proud mother of three daughters, Carolina, Juliana, and Victoria.
