Esperanza "Hope" Andrade

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Personal Information

Andrade is a private consultant and former Texas Secretary of State. She is a board member of the Masters Leadership Program of San Antonio and Texans for Education Reform, and an advisory board member of Prime Eco Group Inc., MotorWise Inc., and Energy Future Holdings Sustainable Energy Advisory Board. She is former Texas Border Commerce coordinator, and a past board member of the Texas Transportation Commission and Texas Turnpike Authority Board of Directors. She is a recipient of the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award, Hope for Children Esperanza Award and San Antonio Leadership Hall of Fame Award, and was named Woman of the Year by the Houston Chapter of the Women's Transportation Seminar and Small Business Advocate of the Year by the Small Business Administration.

Andrade attended Our Lady of the Lake University and The University of Texas at San Antonio entrepreneurship program.