Andrew M. Fussner, Esq.
National Vice President of Estate Settlement
American Heart Association
St. Petersburg, FL
https://www.heart.org
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Andrew Fussner currently serves as the National Vice President of Estate Settlement for the American Heart Association and oversees the administration of $80 to $110 million in bequest assets annually for the organization.

Before assuming his current position, he served as the Vice President of Planned Giving for the American Heart Association’s Florida Affiliate and as the Association’s Director of Planned Giving for the west coast of Florida. Prior to joining the American Heart Association, Mr. Fussner was an attorney with the Tampa office of the national law firm of Foley & Lardner. He specialized in estate planning, probate/trust administration and tax law.

In addition to serving on the board of the American Council on Gift Annuities, he also is a board member of GTE Financial Credit Union.

He holds his law degree from the University of Florida where he was a member of the Florida Law Review. He also obtained a B.S. in Accounting and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Florida and has been named to UF’s Hall of Fame.

In his spare time, he is an avid runner, hiker, non-fiction reader, and can often be found at “The Swamp” rooting for his beloved Florida Gators.

Fun Facts About Andy

What was your first job?

My first job was serving as a file clerk/receptionist for a local H&R Block office on weekends during the tax season when I was 14.  Rest assured I wasn’t doing tax returns at that point in my life.

What song or album could you listen to on repeat? 

Huey Lewis & The News’ 1986 album, Fore!

Name one cool feature you would add to your dream house.

I really want to have a library with floor to ceiling book shelves, one of those ladders that moves around on a brass railing from shelf to shelf, and a fireplace with a moose head over it.

If your life had a tagline, what would it be?

Play the conditions.

When you’re not at work, what are your passions?

Interpretive dance, chainsaw wood sculpture, Cheech and Chong movies, eating at least one of every animal species on the planet, giving everyone I meet a nonsensical nickname, and creating historical event dioramas using small stuffed woodland mammals.