Anne Bergeron (she/her/hers) specializes in the business and “people” side of the arts. She utilizes her skills in planning, facilitation, organizational development, strategic communications and fundraising engagement to advance the fields of nonprofit arts, design, museums and historic preservation.

Naturally curious and inspired by novel ideas, Anne gravitates to artist-centric organizations in transition or growth mode, including start-ups. In addition to running her own consulting firm, she has served in senior posts at Brown University’s Arts Initiative, where she co-led a consortium of arts departments and programs focused on experimental, interdisciplinary art making and scholarship; Dallas Museum of Art, where she directed its external affairs division and prioritized participatory engagement; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, where she secured landmark status for its historic building and multi-million funding towards its restoration; and National Writer’s Voice Project, where she oversaw the national expansion of a local literary arts program. Currently, she’s nurturing the strategic development of the UCI Institute and Museum of California Art, a new university art museum to benefit the campus and regional community.

Facile with both numbers and words, Anne attended Trinity College on a math scholarship and ultimately earned a B.A. in English Literature. She received an executive certificate in nonprofit management from Georgetown University’s Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership, where she served as visiting practitioner in 2010-12. She is currently pursuing a graduate degree at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University, where she had the great fortune to partner with the founding dean. They co-authored a chapter on “Ethics and Accountability” in the forthcoming fifth edition of Achieving Excellence in Fundraising (Wiley, 2022).

Anne is also co-author of Magnetic: The Art and Science of Engagement (AAM Press, 2013), a bestselling study of the traits and practices of high performance museums. In addition to writing, Anne teaches graduate level workshops and lectures at industry conferences. She is an advisory council member of Performa and a member of the The Museum Group, a national consortium of senior museum consultants. Anne lives in Providence, RI with her husband and rambunctious cavalier. When she’s not at her desk drinking too much tea, you can find her taking long walks in the neighborhood, cultivating her orchids and planning her next travel adventure featuring art, coastlines, plus good cheese and wine.