Andrea Boddicker graduated from the University of Iowa in 1991 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in finance. She has worked for over 15 years as project manager for an international company and handled over 30 projects with budgets in excess of $1,000,000. She has been co-leader and treasurer of a local Girl Scout troop for 8 years.

In 1999 she founded the Heart to Heart Children’s Foundation which collected used clothing, toys, educational items, etc. through numerous clothing & toy drives held throughout Los Angeles. Approximately 2 tons of this merchandise has been shipped to the Instituto de Salud del Nino in Lima, Peru over the past 4 years.

She was awarded the Angeles Girl Scout Council’s “Girl Scout Spirit Award” in 1999 for her efforts. She is founder and chairperson of the “UCLA Pediatric Heart Transplant Holiday Party” which hosts an annual Christmas/ holiday party for over 250 people. She is founder and chairperson of the “Adopt-a-Family” holiday program which provides financial relief to families of children with congenital heart disease during the Christmas / holiday season.

She has also managed and coached approximately 200 young women in ladies fast pitch softball at both the recreational and tournament level for over 7 years. Andrea is Director of Fundraising & Volunteer Services for “Corazones Con Esperanza” Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) organization established in 2003 that provides Latin American families the access to medical care and other necessities for their children with congenital heart disease.