Ann previously worked as the Deputy Regional Counsel for the United State Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, in Seattle, Washington, a position she held since 1995. In a prior life she was an Assistant Attorney General in the Alaska Attorney General’s Office working on oil, gas, mining, natural resources, and fisheries issues, and in-house environmental counsel for BP Alaska. Ann has been a floating home resident in Seattle since 1986 and owns a ranch in Arizona dedicated to wildlife conservation. She is actively involved in many habitat and wildlife protection efforts in both the Pacific Northwest and the desert Southwest. She is profiled in the book Staying Afloat by Jeri Callahan.