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Dr. Andrea Nero is a historian, strategist, and revenue architect whose leadership powers ASI’s fundraising engine. As Senior Development and Engagement Specialist, she directs ASI’s grantwriting, donor strategy, and fiscal sponsorship program—securing public and private funds to fuel Western New York’s creative future. Both a philanthropist and systems thinker, she now stewards over $1.4M annually in arts funding and mentors emerging artists and arts executives across disciplines.
Off-hours, Andrea operates at the edge of innovation as CEO of Nero Strategies Group, a boutique consultancy trusted by global giants like OpenAI, Meta, Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet. Her specialty? Helping organizations stay unmistakably human in an AI-driven world. A Harvard-affiliated scholar with deep roots in both cultural history and future-casting, she merges high-level strategy with intuitive vision.
Andrea is the author of Italiana Americana: The Hot Girl’s Guide to Living La Dolce Vita in the US and creator of Unclonable, an AI-fueled thought leadership ecosystem. Whether she’s guiding legacy institutions or redefining credibility in synthetic spaces, Andrea brings a rare mix of rigor, irreverence, and results. Think of her as ASI’s in-house rainmaker—and a quiet force behind the future of tech.
