About Andrea

Andrea M. O'Neal is a seasoned executive and former senior federal official, bringing over 20 years of combined experience, institutional knowledge, and trusted strategic insights across government, Wall Street, social impact and C-level advisory for leading global industries.

Throughout her career Andrea focuses on accelerating social and economic mobility, reducing wealth inequality, protecting equal opportunity, and tackling the systemic gaps that hold people back. She most recently served as a Commissioned Officer of the White House under the 46th President of the United States of America, Joseph R. Biden. In her role as Special Assistant to the President for Racial and Economic Justice at the White House Domestic Policy Council, Andrea was effective in mobilizing federal agencies and a large ecosystem of cross-sector external stakeholders to develop, roll out, and implement innovative national policy, funding, and government program solutions.

She was also previously appointed as the first-ever Senior Advisor to the Administrator for Equity at the U.S. General Services Administration. She led a Front Office portfolio of Biden-Harris presidential priorities across the 12,000-person agency to drive positive community impact results in the federal government's infrastructure and climate investments, large-scale public real estate development projects, workforce modernization, small business contracting and a suite of governmentwide civic technology services.

As a Wall Street talent coach and former capital markets investment banker-- including four years on international assignment executing multi-tranche IPO and equity deals in the UK, European and Asian financial markets-- Andrea developed a unique business acumen that she leverages to achieve exceptional relationship management, shareholder value, and metrics-driven results. She applies her interdisciplinary skill set, depth of expertise, and extensive network to deliver organizational success and social good in her private sector, nonprofit and government experiences.

She has served as a research advisory committee member for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Equitable Futures Project, Brown University President’s Leadership Council, and Ambassadors Program for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture. She is a proud sister of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated and a chapter charter member of The Links, Incorporated.

Andrea earned a bachelor's degree in business economics from Brown University and has completed selective continuing education experiences at Harvard Business School, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and the London School of Economics. Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Business Insider, leading academic institutions and at several industry conferences.

Andrea hails from Atlanta, GA and Brooklyn, NY with ancestral roots in Tuskegee, AL and Dayton, OH. She currently resides in Washington, DC.