Anne’s professional work since 1985 has been providing a variety
of consulting services to public, private, and nonprofit organizations,
including the following:
Public Involvement and Strategic Planning: Designing,
developing, and delivering decision-making, strategic planning, team-building,
information-gathering, and group process consulting services to address
a variety of needs and challenges.
Training and Teaching: Designing, developing, and
delivering workshops, training sessions, and graduate-level instruction
on strategic planning (University of Minnesota), diversity in public
participation (International Association for Public Participation),
technical writing and communications, and strategic decision making.
Communications: Writing and editing educational and
technical publications, papers for presentation, research and policy
reports, formal memoranda, manuals, studies, regulatory documents,
analyses, facility plans, style manuals, marketing materials, software
manuals, instruction books, and training materials.
Anne received a Master of Planning in public affairs from the Humphrey
Institute at the University of Minnesota in 1983, with a concentration
in policy process and decision making. She received a Bachelor of Arts
in American Studies and English from the same university (Phi Beta
Kappa). She is a present and past board and committee member of various
professional, educational, and nonprofit organizations including the
International Association for Public Participation and E-Democracy,
and currently serves as an elected member of the St. Paul Board of
Education. Anne and her husband Bruno Franck have two teenagers and
have hosted a number of other students from around the world. Anne
is active in Democratic politics, enjoys hiking, camping, and playing
soccer, and never passes up an opportunity to travel.