Andrea Arena Receives 2010 Outstanding Leadership Recognition Award

WASHINGTON D.C., December 15, 2010 -- Andrea Arena has been selected for the 2010

Outstanding Leadership Recognition Award by the U.S. Leaders and Entrepreneur’s Association

(USLEA).

The USLEA Award Program recognizes highly regarded individuals and companies throughout the country that we believe have demonstrated leadership and admirable drive in 2009. Each year, the USLEA identifies companies and individuals that have confirmed autonomy and leadership skills such as courage, determination, a will to succeed, and have earned respect through aptitude, competence, and fair and honest dealings with coworkers, customers and business relationships.  Recipients of these awards lead by example, and enhance the positive image of entrepreneurs, self‐reliant individuals, and small businesses which will once again prove to be the moving engine that will allow recovery from these tough economic times.

The USLEA locates outstanding leaders in various fields, with help from third‐parties and through its own extensive research, and recognizes them with these distinctive awards. The USLEA understands what leaders and entrepreneurs signify for the country, and it is their determination and drive that we are most in need of.

About U.S. Leaders and Entrepreneur’s Association (USLEA)

U.S. Leaders and Entrepreneur’s Association (USLEA) is a New York, N.Y. based organization funded by individuals across America who wish to share a voice for small businesses and thriving individuals that are taking risks and making individual efforts to find success through hard work and honest dealings. The purpose of USLEA is to promote small business, to provide tools, share a voice for legislation towards small business in the country, and encourage thriving individuals who deserve recognition to continue their efforts to be successful.

Our mission is to support leaders and entrepreneurs across America.

SOURCE: U.S. Leaders and Entrepreneur’s Association

CONTACT:

U.S. Leaders and Entrepreneurs Association

Email: Contact@uslea.org

URL: http://www.uslea.org

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StartUp Nation names Andrea Arena a "Leading Mom In Business"

December 9, 2010

StartUp Nation has named Andrea Arena a “2010 Leading Mom in Business”. With her busy schedule running a successful national corporate concierge service while single-handedly raising her precocious 2 year old, it’s a real testament to her character that she can balance both life and work so well. Andrea knows all too well the findings of Gallup’s 2004 Annual Lifestyle Poll which indicates that working mothers are the most stressed out members of the work force.  And she is actually doing something about it! Andrea’s company, 2 Places At 1 Time, excels in providing work/life balance by offering concierge and errand running services across North America.   2 Places provides services as ordinary as picking up dry cleaning to as extraordinary as planning honeymoons, and everything in between! Either offered as an employee benefit or a customer loyalty program, the concierge service provides an extra set of “feet on the street” to complete personal tasks so customers can focus on what is really important while helping corporations show their understanding of their employees’ busy lives. Whether she is leading her company - 2 Places At 1 Time, volunteering in her community, coaching young entrepreneurs, participating in a variety of civic organizations or being a great Mom and roll-model for her daughter, Andrea has mastered the art of being in at least two places at one time.

For more information contact:

Valerie Stewart

valeriestewart@2places.com

739 Trabert Ave., Suite E

Atlanta, Georgia 30318

phone: 404-815-9980

fax: 404-572-2246

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Leading National Concierge Service Expands Errand Running Services

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Corporate concierge service 2 Places At 1 Time, Inc. announced today an expansion of their national errand running service capabilities. Founded in 1991, the INC 500 recognized company has provided errand-running services in all 50 states and Canada since 1998, but according to president and founder Andrea Arena, until now those errand-running services were focused on urban markets.

"We've expanded our service from 431 locations across the country to add over a dozen rural areas to support our clients' changing employee population," says Arena. For example, for Novo Nordisk, 2 Places expanded into rural areas such as Forest, Virginia. For an insurance industry leader headquartered in San Antonio, TX, 2 Places set up operations in New Iberia, Louisiana.

Expanding national errand running services from cities into rural areas has triggered a deeper investment in technology. "The economy has changed the nature of our business," says Arena. "Our clients use us as an extension of their team, and that has to be seamless. We're making the necessary investments in technology, training and certification to make sure we're able to meet any demand."

2 Places has been covered by Inc Magazine and Business Week, as well as a number of local city business journals, for its commitment to superior service in the corporate concierge and errand running market. The industry is fragmented with a number of small, regional firms. "To my knowledge, only 2 Places has the infrastructure, technology and staff to truly provide errand running capabilities on a national level - and now we're able to provide it in a number of rural areas as well," concludes Arena.

About 2 Places

2 Places At 1 Time is the nation's leading corporate concierge and errand running services firm. With a full menu of options from on site staff, to virtual concierges providing an extra set of feet on the street throughout North America, 2 Places creates innovative programs that help people and companies provide the most compelling employee benefit and/or customer loyalty programs. Healthcare, technology and financial services firms of all sizes have relied on 2 Places since 1991 to help them "get it all done." 2 Places has been recognized twice on the INC 500 list of America's fastest growing companies.

Contacts

For 2 Places At 1 Time, Inc.
Write2Market
Jason Crain, 404-419-6677 ext. 109
jason@write2market.com

A Woman's Work

Excerpt from "A Woman's Work" Upscale Magazine, May 2009

The Planner
Andrea Arena, 41
President and CEO, 2 Places At 1 Time, Inc., (corporate concierge service)
Daughter, 7 months
Significant other lives out of town

4:20 A.M. I am awakened by Charlie Maria crying. I haven't had eight straight hours of sleep in over five months.
9:30 A.M. Nanny is 15 minutes late and I have a 10 a.m. sales call. I know the pre-mommy me would not accept that as a viable reason for tardiness.

After getting ready for the day, packing a breast pump. lunch and a gym bag, Arena plays with her baby until the nanny comes. She uses drive time to transistion to CEO mode, where she manages 250 employees, oversees sales, meets with clients and often travels.

9:55 A.M. I arrive at the client meeting and walk confidently into the meeting, forgetting that spit-up may have fallen on my Chanel pumps.
12:50 A.M I have time for one quick story from the nanny about something cute the baby has done since I left this morning. I miss her.
3:00 P.M. I pump while sending documents to the printer for tomorrow's lunch meeting.

"I use the drive home to decompress and make the transition. Then, I change clothes as soon as I get home," says Arena. "It sounds like a simple things, but it is a way to mentally make that transition."

7:00 P.M. I'm home hearing about the baby's day and holding my little girl. When I come home, the nanny and I try to have a 30-minute overlap.

"I may be the final decision maker in my company, but I will seek guidance from the nanny about many aspects of the baby's schedule," says Arena, who also reads the journal her nanny keeps about her baby's daily activities.

7:30 P.M. I realize that I accidentally left the milk that I pumped that day in the refrigerator at work - 10 ounces. That's a lot of work. I can't let that go to waste. So, the baby and I pack up and drive to the office.

In the evening Arena and her baby usually ready books, sing songs and play, talking and laughing. After the baby falls asleep, she gets in a few hours of laptop time until the baby's up for her 11:00 p.m. nursing.

-Words by Joyce E. Davis

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