Anne Essner

Director

Location

Florida

Description

After receiving her MBA from Columbia University, Anne pursued a career in the pharmaceutical industry. Following her retirement, Anne has directed her energies towards various non-profit and philanthropic endeavors. She helped to facilitate the joining of Sarasota Architectural Foundation and Center for Architecture Sarasota into Architecture Sarasota and has since served as its board chair. She is a director of Gulf Coast Community Foundation. She and her husband, Bob, own and have restored two significant midcentury modern homes designed by Paul Rudolph. Prior to moving to Sarasota, Anne served on the Women’s Board of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and was board chair of the Great Swamp Watershed Association, an environmental stewardship organization based in central New Jersey.