“No Doubt Wealth”

Andrew Lavenziano grew up in Albertson, Long Island starting out in a family of three brothers and sisters, eventually becoming six. His fondest memories were spending time with his father’s side of the family in Mid-town Manhattan where his grandparents lived going to The Empire State Building regularly and driving down every summer to Black Creek, North Carolina where his grandfather, from his mother’s side Grady Smith was born and raised. “Every summer with my grandparents, parents, and my brother and sister we would drive down.” He recalls a simpler way of life in the south spending all of our time with family and friends from the community. These moments included family dinners eating good barbecue, swimming and playing baseball with his cousins, riding horses, irrigating crops, hunting for birds to help provide food for the poor, tending tobacco barns, going to church, and going downtown to visit some of the people working in this 500-person community. “I feel blessed to have been exposed to this at such a young age. These were nicest people you ever wanted to meet, I enjoyed every trip immensely.” To this day he continues to enjoy his visits to Black Creek as his late Great Uncle Ralph named “A Town With A Big Heart” and his mom who now lives not too far away.

Andrew loves to visit his father and follows in his footsteps as a volunteer firefighter, carpentry work and prioritizes giving back to the community. He makes it a habit to run every morning, eat healthy, spend time with his family and friends especially his wife and their 10-year-old dog Brando. He also frequently travels to Thailand to visit his wife’s family where he enjoys being part of The Elephant Conservation Movement and giving to The Princess of Thailand’s Charity, an organization that helps children with more than one disability.

Andrew values being of service to others whether it was helping his neighbors with their chores as a child, helping build one’s confidence and image as a former hairstylist in their community, on Broadway and in Film and Television to his main focus of today, helping shape America’s Retirement Lifestyles. He says, “I get tremendous satisfaction in helping people achieve what they've dreamed about their entire lives, not having to work. It’s what gets me up in the morning”

To give back, in addition to active volunteer firefighter service Andrew devotes his time and support to Children International, a global Organization that helps children of lesser means by giving them the resources & ability to get ahead in life; and The Dominican Sisters of Hope, a national organization that commits their lives to living and preaching the message of hope through community organization, social work, education, environmental advocacy and retreat ministry. Recently Andrew has become a proud member of SAR -The Sons of The American Revolution where his ancestors date back to 1743 in the start of the fight for our freedom. This has brought new meaning to Andrew’s Mission - to see to it that every American has the confidence and the freedom to retire peacefully.