Andrew Tessmer Treasurer

Andrew Tessmer, M.Ed, LPC, LMHC, QTAP (He/Him)

Andrew Tessmer is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and a Certified Queer and Trans Affirming Professional. He holds a master's in Counseling from the University of Houston and currently serves as a board member of Colorado SAIGE (Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities). He owns a private practice, Andrew Tessmer Counseling, and has over 10 years of professional counseling experience specializing in LGBTQ+ Concerns, Disordered Eating, Anxiety Disorders, ADHD, and Career Counseling.

Andrew is also an active community leader and advocate, having served in a variety of leadership roles and volunteering in various capacities in nonprofits and community organizations, currently at PFLAG Denver, Trans Continental Partnership, and the Point Foundation. Andrew has previously served as an LGBTQ Advisory Board Member for the City of Houston, as a Senator for the Texas Counseling Association, as Chair of the Private Practice Committee for the Texas Career Development Association, and in various leadership roles at the Houston Area Consortium of Career Centers.