Andrew Zielinski received his bachelor’s from Tufts University earning his degree in English Language and Literature before pursuing a master’s in Public Administration (MPA), Management, and International Affairs Policy from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. For nearly nine years, Andrew was a Managing Director at the Deutsche Bank in both London and Frankfurt. He is currently an independent consultant and is based out of Vienna, Austria.

I first met Andrew through a wonderful encounter that Remi created by simply being the canine she is and attracted a lovely woman on Longnook Beach in Truro, when I heard her voice over my shoulder, politely asking if she can pet my dog. It was Carola Hoyos, a remarkable person who subsequently introduced me to her husband Andrew. As it turns out, they are both Tufts alumni of great distinction. More importantly, now warm friends. Andrew and I spent a week of mornings on early walks on Cornhill Beach discussing everything from corruption and global banking to his experience coaching a baseball team in Vienna. He is uniquely cosmopolitan, intelligent, and possesses a wry sense of humor. He is also one of the most insightful, warm critics of what I am attempting to do in transforming Convisero from a highly valued personalized community into a more accessible and therefore more impactful initiative. There was a fun moment when Iris and I had dinner at their wonderful home in a landmark building in Truro, once a church converted into a school converted into a roller rink. We had a delicious meal on a unique dining room table. In one of the more bizarre examples of the serendipity I experience frequently, it turns out to have been fashioned by a wonderful young man I knew when he was a good friend of my son, Nathaniel.