Anna is a skilled coalition builder and advocacy professional whose work is characterized by strategic leadership, project management, and stakeholder engagement. As Vice President of Denny Civic Solutions, Anna has led impactful campaigns such as Protect Sick Babies, which secured Medicaid coverage for pasteurized donor human milk, and #PANeedsTeachers, addressing Pennsylvania’s teacher shortage crisis. She has also driven key initiatives like the Mid-Atlantic Mothers’ Milk Bank Comprehensive Campaign, securing funding to expand services, and developed strategic advocacy plans for public health improvements, including promoting fluoride use in public drinking water across Pennsylvania with the PA Coalition for Oral Health.  

Anna’s dedication to stakeholder engagement is evident in her work with the Jefferson Regional Foundation, where she facilitated focus groups to refine grantmaking processes and provided actionable recommendations to advance their goals.  

Anna has also served as Grant Program Manager for The Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research for several years. In this role, she oversees the annual request-for-proposals process, ensuring strategic alignment and successful coordination with university personnel, grant recipients, and board members.  

With a passion for creating transformative solutions to complex societal challenges, Anna is committed to advancing meaningful change and empowering communities. She graduated from Carlow University with a degree in English and Political Science and currently resides in Brookline.