At the June 2024 annual meeting, Ann was elected to a 2-year term, as Assistant Secretary. Her term ends on June 30, 2026.
Anne has been a League member since the early 1970s, when she took part in a study of municipal finance in Cleveland Heights, OH. A series of relocations led her to join other Leagues (two in California, one in Wisconsin), where her membership enabled her to find meaningful relationships and activities in each new city. When her musicologist husband, Tom, found stable employment at the Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, she joined the League in Ohio’s capital city and plunged into Voter Service activities. She served as a board member, while leading a committee taking part in a national study of United States defense policy.
In 2001, after Tom retired, they moved to Santa Barbara and the League once again provided a way for Anne to make local connections. For six years she served on the LWVSB Board as editor of the Channel Voter (back when it was still printed and mailed to League members). She was also very involved in the International Relations Committee and with adjacent topics, such as the national study on immigration policy. More recently, she served as secretary to the Education Fund, which has since merged into the LWVSB. She is now excited to be rejoining the Board and learning new technological skills.