Anne is a non-profit and philanthropy expert with extensive experience in homelessness policy and programming. From 2018 to 2024 she served as President and CEO of Union Station Homeless Services. This organization is the county lead agency for 32 cities in northeast Los Angeles, with a homeless count of over 5,000 individuals and families. In this capacity, Anne helped raise and manage a $38 million budget and a 300-strong staff, focusing on exceptional levels of client service, diversity, and equity in all practices and policies, and excellent community relations. Prior to Union Station, she served as Chief Executive Officer at the Skid Row-based Downtown Women’s Center in Los Angeles, California.

From 2010 to 2016, Anne was the first executive director of Funders Together to End Homelessness. During her tenure, she created and led a national funders affinity group with over 400 foundation and United Way members, focused on evidence-based and systems approaches to ending and preventing homelessness. She was a member of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Joining Forces campaign, which supported veterans, and she oversaw the development of regional funder networks in Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston, Phoenix, Denver, Florida, and Canada. Earlier, Anne worked as a grant maker and community builder for both the United Way and the Community Foundation of Oakville in Canada. She started her career in corporate communications for Bell Canada, where she worked for 10 years in Toronto.

Anne recently facilitated a nationally-recognized podcast, Changing the Narrative About Homelessness, has spoken at the White House, and was instrumental in developing a federal strategy and funding for homelessness for both youth and domestic violence survivors. She previously served as a Commissioner on the City of Pasadena’s Health and Human Services Commission, and was active on the Steering Committee for the Provider Alliance, a network of over 70 nonprofit organizations working on homelessness.