For the last few years, either Andy riding solo, or Andy and Jeanna came to an awards ceremony that the non-profit where I serve as the Vice President throws on Capitol Hill. The non-profit, the Association for Rescue at Sea, provides monetary support to Coast Guard volunteer services worldwide and presents Awards for Heroism to…
I worked with Andy this past year at InvestmentNews. He was a great leader with a strong, kind, calming and clear presence. One memory that stands out to me is Andy saying, “In some ways, journalism is naturally adversarial” — he would say this to me when I was taking heat for a story from a…
Andy was my first-ever boss. He hired me at Industry Dive three days before I graduated college – he was the one who personally called me to tell me I had the job. A month before starting the role, I traveled to DC, where I didn’t yet live, to attend a conference with Andy. I…
It was impossible to work with Andy and not get to know Andy. He was our editorial leader in a unique corporate-media partnership, but we bonded from the first moment and our friendship flourished long after that partnership ended. It’s probably not surprising to those who’ve known him much longer, but what struck me most…
Andy was one of the good ones. I arrived at Industry Dive in February 2018 in a bit of a rut professionally and questioning if journalism was really for me. Andy was my first manager at the company, and actually was one of the people who interviewed me for the job in the first place.…
My industry is kind of weird. Working in the entertainment business isn’t a regular 9-5 with 2 weeks of annual paid vacation. It’s very feast/famine and truthfully, most people don’t really understand it. When I start trying to explain the inner workings of my job, they begin to glaze over. Not Andy. Anytime I saw…
Reflecting on Andy’s life, it’s clear he was quietly at the core of my community. We met freshman year, but our friendship deepened significantly in the following years and most certainly after college, relying on each other for advice and guidance as we found our way as adults. While some might say he was shy,…
Jeanna and the kids, I am so thankful to have had the privilege of growing up with your dad and wanted to share with you some of my favorite memories of your stud-muffin husband and father. As we grew up through middle school and high school we became really good friends. We helped each other grow…
Andy Burt had this wonderfully deadpan sense of humor that could catch you completely off guard. He quickly figured out that at JMU (where the hills are basically a cardio workout just looking at them), I had a bit of a soft spot. In other words, I was the sucker who’d end up pushing him…
I had the rare opportunity to work side-by-side with Andy for a Young Life Work Crew summer during high school. He was soft spoken but intentional. He worked harder than probably most of Work Crew. He was my favorite part of working in the bakery and by the end of summer I felt I had…