Andrea Wilson Woods
President, Founder, Founding Director
Birmingham, Alabama
Andrea Wilson Woods is the Founder and President of Blue Faery: The Adrienne Wilson Liver Cancer Association. She established the nonprofit in 2002 after losing her 15-year-old sister, Adrienne, whom she raised for seven years, to liver cancer.
A nationally recognized patient advocate, Andrea has served on advisory boards and committees for the National Cancer Institute, ASCO, Mayo Clinic, and other leading organizations. She is also an award-winning author, speaker, and co-author of academic publications on hepatocellular carcinoma.
Her bestselling memoir, Better Off Bald: A Life in 147 Days, chronicles her journey raising Adrienne and the loss that inspired Blue Faery.
Raising Adrienne has been Andrea’s greatest joy in life; losing Adrienne to liver cancer has been her greatest loss. Andrea started Blue Faery because she doesn’t want another person to lose a loved one to HCC, and she wants the world to know Adrienne’s spirit, strength, and courage.