Andrea Naversen

As Ranch & Coast’s longtime Editor-at-Large, Andrea Naversen covers fascinating SoCal people and places. She began her career as a reporter for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland while also contributing to Time and BusinessWeek magazines. Naversen later reported stories all over the world and co-anchored network newscasts as a correspondent for CBS and ABC News in New York and Los Angeles. In San Diego, she served more than a decade as an anchor and reporter at KFMB-TV and KUSI-TV, and authored travel and history books about the city. Naversen has won Emmy and Press Club awards for her work, and in 2014 was inducted into the prestigious Silver Circle by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. She also has been honored for her community service. In 2013, The Salvation Army named her a “Woman of Dedication,” and The San Diego Union-Tribune featured her as one of the “San Diegans Who Made a Difference” in 2014. Naversen is especially proud of her 11-year service with The Country Friends, where she is a member of the Board of Directors. She chaired the nonprofit’s signature fundraiser, Art of Fashion, in 2010 and 2014, and was named AOF Honorary Chair in 2019. She also is co-chair of The Salvation Army’s 2020-2021 Women of Dedication. Naversen and her husband, Dwight, a retired airline pilot, have three grown children and four grandchildren.