Andrew, Anne Slaughter, 1955-

Anne Slaughter Andrew (born 1955) is an American environmental attorney. She served as the United States Ambassador to Costa Rica from December 2009 until June 2013.

Born in Evansville, Indiana, Andrew graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Arts. She received her Juris Doctor in 1983 from Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Indiana Law Review.

Andrew served as Co-Chair of the Environment/Energy Team at the law firm of Baker & Daniels from 1986 to 2000, and later became a partner at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Patton Boggs, where she practiced from 2001–2003. In 2004, she co-founded a medical bio-tech consulting company, Anson Group LLC, of which she was a co-owner and Director from 2004–2007. In 2007, Andrew was a founder of New Energy Nexus, LLC a consulting firm advising companies and investors on strategies related to clean energy technology.

From 1997 to 1999, Andrew was Adjunct Professor of Law at Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis.

Ambassador Andrew is also a social entrepreneur investing, advising, and advocating clean energy and sustainable development. Recent projects include co-founding TerViva, LLC, an agrotechnology company developing environmentally sustainable crops for food and fuel; launching the Climate Forum with the NewDEAL, a rising stars network of exceptional state and local elected officials; investing and advising LNG, LLC, a Central American venture to collect and recycle used lubricant oil; and co-founding EARTH University's global platform for Leadership and Sustainable Solutions Impact.

Ambassador Andrew serves on the Board of Directors of Ad Astra Rocket Company (Chair, Audit Committee) in Houston, Texas and as an advisor to a number of start-up clean energy businesses. In addition to serving on the Board of Directors of Earth University and the NewDEAL (Chair, Governance, and Nominating), she also serves on the Board of the Natural Resources Defense Council (Chair, Governance and Nominating), and on the Telluride Foundation Executive Committee in Telluride, Colorado. She is married to former Chair of the Democratic National Committee Joe Andrew and they have two children.