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Andy Bergfeld is a fifth generation Tylerite. He is owner of Bergfeld Commercial Realty and President of the Tyler Independent School District Board of Trustees.
Born and raised in Tyler, Bergfeld attended Southern Methodist University on a football scholarship and, after graduation from SMU with a B.A. in History, moved on to South Texas College of Law where he earned his Doctorate of Jurisprudence in 1997. Upon being licensed to practice law, Andy moved back to Tyler and became involved in the community first as a Board Member for Historic Tyler and Path-Community Homes, as well as a two-term Chairman of the Tyler Chapter of Ducks Unlimited.
In 2000 he ran for a seat on the T.I.S.D. Board. He has served one term as Vice-President and is in his second term as President of the Board.
Over the last several years, Andy restored the 1852 Col. John Dewberry House in Teaselville and was recently presented with the Lucille Terry award in February, given by the East Texas Historical Association, as their preservation project for the year.
He was recently named to the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, the Heart of Tyler Board of Directors and the Tyler Salvation Army Board. In 2005, Andy was honored with the W.C. Windsor Award as the Outstanding Tyler Citizen under the age of 40.
Andy joined Bergfeld Realty Company in 2004 and is devoted full time to the Commercial disciplines of real estate as opposed to some brokers who mix residential sales with commercial real estate. He has spent his entire career in real estate on the commercial side representing landlords and negotiating leases with such tenants as Morgan Stanley, Prudential, New York Life, EOG Resources, El Paso Energy, Met Life, as well as numerous local businesses. He has worked on site selections for developers for Walgreen's and Advance Auto Parts, and negotiated on behalf of Cunningham Lindsey, U.S., on the sale of their 46,000-square-foot office building to East Texas Medical Center.
Andy has listed properties for GE Capital, Bank of America and Apache Corporation, to name a few, in the disposition of their corporate properties, and is currently representing Suddenlink Communications and their real estate portfolio.
Bergfeld earned his CCIM designation in 2004 and values helping individuals and companies locate and acquire investment properties for their portfolios.
He and his wife Shawn are members of First Baptist Church of Tyler and they have two sons, Andrew, age three and George, age one.
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