Anne joined WCN as Chief Growth Officer in spring 2023. She brings more than 25 years of fundraising, business development and communications experience to the role. Her focus is driving growth that builds on WCN’s unique model of wildlife conservation. Anne began her career in strategic planning at Disney before transitioning to the non-profit sector. She has been fortunate to work for a variety of organizations whose missions she deeply believes in, including the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, Peninsula Open Space Trust and most recently World Wildlife Fund. At WWF, Anne served as Senior Director of Philanthropy where she built and managed a philanthropy team who worked with generous donors across the western U.S. Anne has attended many a WCN Expo and is thrilled to continue work to protect endangered species. She lives in the Bay Area with her cattle dog, Dewey, and cat named Frog.