Ann built her career in Chicago’s nonprofit community and continues to provide services to clients in the greater metropolitan area. In 2006, she and her family chose to move to Boulder, Colorado to have greater access to the wilderness.
Before establishing an independent consulting practice in 2000, Ann served as director of corporate and foundation relations at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago where she oversaw an annual $11 million corporate, foundation and government fundraising program. Prior to joining the Museum, Ann held the position of midwest regional campaign director for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation's $100 million research campaign, The Only Remedy is a Cure. Formerly, Ann was director of major gifts at the Children's Memorial Hospital Foundation in Chicago where she oversaw a $4.5 million major gifts program. Prior to joining Children's Memorial, Ann helped establish the Chicago office of Barnes & Roche, Inc., a fundraising consulting firm.
Ann develops curriculum and teaches for such organizations as Chicago’s Nonprofit Financial Center, Donors Forum of Chicago, the Association of Fundraising Professionals. She taught for five years at Northwestern University’s School of Continuing Studies. Ann also brings to her clients a strong background in writing. She has recently completed a documentary book in collaboration with her husband, photographer Andrew Goldman. Entitled Facing North: Portraits of Ely, Minnesota, the book will be released by the University of Minnesota Press in spring of 2008.
Ann is a graduate of the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England where she received her B.A. with Honors in Philosophy. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Adult Learning at DePaul University. Ann teaches regularly for such organizations as Chicago’s Nonprofit Financial Center, Donors Forum of Chicago, and the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
As a volunteer, Ann currently serves as a Director of Impact on Education in Boulder, Colorado. She has served on the Advisory Board of the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust and on the Alumni Council of the Chicago Foundation for Women. She was a founding board member of Wonder Works, a children’s museum in Oak Park. Ann has also served as a director of the Community Chest of Oak Park and River Forest and served two terms on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
