Andrea Rodgers

Andrea Milam Rodgers (born August 1, 1971) is an internet personality and social media entrepreneur best known as "Miss A". She communicates directly with hundreds of viewers each day through various social media channels such as Facebook, her blog, AskMissA.com, and through micro-blogging on Twitter.
She began dispensing dating and relationship advice on Late Night Shots in the fall of 2006 under the “Miss A” moniker. In early 2008, she started blogging Relationship and Engagement Ring buying advice for Mervis Diamond Importers. In July 2008, HealthCentral Network discovered what she was doing for Mervis, and asked her to come on board as a Dating and Relationship Expert on their SexualHealthConnection.com. In September 2008, Rodgers launched her own business consulting practice and website
, AskmissA.com.
Education
In 1989, Rodgers graduated from boarding school at Salem Academy in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She majored in Economics and Politics at Wake Forest University, and received her degree in 1993.
Personal life
Rodgers was born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands as Andrea Johanna Christine Milam .
She is the daughter of William Freer Milam Jr. (born 1941), a pathologist, and Agatha Adriana Den Hertog. Rodgers grew up in Shelby, North Carolina, and was presented in the 1989 Junior Charity League of Shelby Debutante Ball and in the 1990 North Carolina Debutante Ball in Raleigh hosted by the Terpsichorean Club.
She has a younger sister, Sophie Milam.
Philanthropy
She resides in Washington D.C., where she has been referred to as a socialite. She has supported the arts by serving as Chair of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's 1969 Society,. With other Washington women, Rodgers founded Blondes vs. Brunettes for the Alzheimer's Association, Fashion for Paws for the Washington Humane Society, and The Courage Cup where she continues to serve as President.. Through her work on the Oscar Night DC host committee, she supported the American Red Cross of the National Capital Area .
Pink Slip Party
In 2009, Rodgers created Washington D.C.'s first Pink Slip Party at the suggestion of an AskMissA.com reader. The event is held monthly on the second Thursday of the month to enables job seekers and recruiters to network and mingle in a relaxed, fun atmosphere. The event is an effort to help professionals who are unemployed due to companies closing their doors or down-sizing, so that they can network to share leads and ideas to help each other out. The event has received both national and international attention.
Feud with New York State Assemblyman Greg Ball
As the Washington Post would report in 2007, a significant portion of New York State Assemblyman Greg Ball's funds for his 2006 assembly race were raised through The Courage Cup in 2005, when Mr. Ball was running the event. Ball had been stationed at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C., when he hosted the first Courage Cup polo match, raising money for charities including nearly $8,000 for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based Work to Ride program.
The event was created to bring together Washington professionals and the polo community together for a good cause, and a good time, and through the work of Rodgers and her host committee grew to become one of the largest polo events on the East Coast. Ball founded the charity in 2004, prior to his run for office. The Courage Cup was incorporated and received 501(c)(3) status under the leadership of Rodgers. The Courage Cup's Board resisted Assemblyman Ball's attempt to retake a leadership role in 2007, and Ball countered that he was The Courage Cup's rightful owner and that the two women stole his intellectual property. The dispute was settled out of court with Rodgers retaining control of the nonprofit.
A Washington Post article from June 2007 reported that one of the event directors offered tickets at different price level with proceeds going to a Political Action Committee named Citizens United for Ethical Growth (CUEG), which Ball operated as President in Fall of 2004. Under a new President, CUEG transferred $18,000 into Assemblyman Ball's campaign fund in 2006, which included $610.09 raised from the 2004 Courage Cup event. The Assemblyman later provided refunds to two of the seven contributors who gave money to CUEG through the courage cup.
Miss A on Late Night Shots
In July 2007 the Washington City Paper published an expose about Late Night Shots and the associated Georgetown scene. Rodgers was featured in the article as posting under the "Miss A" moniker. In the article quotes Miss A's infamous post that "There is no such thing as a toned size 10! I'm sorry. If you are bigger than a 4, you need to lose some weight." Valdez goes on to say that "Rodgers says her comment got misquoted and twisted around in the real world. What she meant, she says, was that 'if you’re a size 6 or up, you could stand to tone up. Not that they’re fat."
Late Night Shots members reacted angrily in a lengthy series of comments on the Washington City Paper website, and the story received a national attention.
Blonde Charity Mafia
The “Blonde Charity Mafia” or BCM was a group of blonde Washington, D.C. socialites who were active in the Washington D.C. charity circuit from 2005 - 2007. Rodgers insists that she came up with the name one night after a Corcoran Gallery of Art Fall Fete planning meeting when the group had dinner at Rugby Cafe in Georgetown.. The competitive spirit against the brunette socialites was part of the rivalry stemming from the Blondes vs. Brunettes powder puff football fundraiser, which Rodgers and a few other women founded for the Alzheimer's Association in 2005.
The Blonde Charity Mafia name was picked up by the producers of a reality television show by the same name starring Katherine Kennedy, Krista Johnson, and Sophie Pyle.The show was picked up by The CW Television Network, and will air the first episode on July 7, 2009. The real Blonde Charity Mafia group broke apart primarily due to the casting of the reality show, and Rodgers and Katherine Kennedy have been engaged in a public feud. Ms. Rodgers was said to be upset that the show features women she does not consider to be very philanthropic, and contends that attending charity parties is not charity work.

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