Missionary, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Attorney, Servant of Others. ....making a difference.
About Me
Current Works
Ahndrea is the president and CEO of Pinnacle Equities Investments, (2002) a private equity investment firm., realizing 500 percent of its assets within one year;
Ahndrea is also the Founder, President, and CEO of The Making A Difference Foundation (2003), an non-profit organization that make a difference in the lives of others through funding economic sufficiency programs throughout the world; distributing scholarships to under privilege youth, providing economic assistance to seniors and single parents, providing food ( Eloise Cooking Pot Food Bank) and housing (Transitional housing program) to the homeless and low income veteran families and providing gifts of encouragement to people through the Joy Box Ministry.
Affiliations
Ms. Blue also has affiliations with Washington State Bar Association; Board Member , Matt Talbott Center (2009-2011), Board Member, Board Member, New Futures; Committee Member, Washington State Bar Association Diversity Committee, University of Washington, Friends of Equal Opportunity Program; New Life Baptist Church; Steering Community for Access to Technology; Washington State Advisory Committee of School Safety; Board Member, Lifelong Aid Alliance; Board Member, BRIDGE; Families for Kids; Vice President, Gender, and Justice, Washington Women Lawyers; Attorney General Bullying Task Force; Commissioner, City of Seattle Women’s Commission; Executive Committee Member/Co-chair of Legal Redress Committee NAACP, Seattle Branch; Vice President, Youth Chaplaincy Program; Board Member, Chicken Soup Brigade; Vice President/Board Member, Central Area Senior Service Center; Steering Committee Member, NO! I-200; U.S Justice Department Weed and Seed Advisory Committee; Chief Seattle Council Boy Scouts of America, Urban Emphasis Committee; Board Member, Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle; King County Women Lawyers Association; Loren Miller Bar Association; Sub-Regional Director, Black Law Students Association; Phi Alpha Delta International Legal Fraternity; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
Awards
Ms. Blue has a wealth of professional and scholastic honors, including Washington State Bar Association, YLD, Thomas Nevelle Pro Bono Award ; Minority Academic Achievement Scholarship ; Derrick Bell Academic Achievement Award; Earl Warren Legal Academic Achievement Scholarship; Royal Esquire Academic Achievement Scholarship; Myra Davis Hemming Academic Achievement Award; Black Professional Aeronautical Academic Achievement Award; Alpha Phi Sigma Honor Society ; Minority Affairs Black Achievement Award.
Ahndrea received the Freedom’s Sisters Civil Rights Award, the 2012 Redeeming the Prophet Vision Social Award, Finalist for the 2012 Black Change Maker Award, Black Celebrity Giving, . the 2011 Jefferson “Public Service” Award and 2010 Attorney Community Service Award from the Washington State Bar Association, She is also the 2008 recipient of National Black Philanthropist of the Year Award. She has also been featured in the King County Bar Association Newsletter Article "Probono Heroes,” Who’s Who in Executives and Businesses; and Ebony Magazine Article, “30 Leaders, 30 and Under”. She has also been a Key Note Speaker, Family Policy Annual Conference; Speaker, Washington State Church of God In Christ Women Convention; Speaker, Washington State Church of God in Christ Annual Convention; and Speaker, National Urban League Convention.
Education
Ms. Blue has Bachelor of Arts degrees in African American Studies and Society and Justice, from the University of Washington, receiving quarterly and yearly honors. She also obtained her Juris Doctorate, from the University of Washington, School of Law.
Article
She has published articles such as Seasons, Central Area Senior Service Center; Hanging Together, Central Area Senior Service Center Annual Report; Is Society Colorblind? African American Business and Employment Journal; Who Is Going to Educate Our Children? African American Business and Employment Journal .
Hobbies
Ahndrea loves traveling around the world performing missionary work in places such as Peru, Chili, South Africa, Spain and Thailand.
Ms. Blue purpose in life is to make a difference in lives of others. She credits her faith in God, and her loving and supporting family and friends for her success. She is a living example that God is faithful in all things.