Anne’s career began on the frontlines of trauma mental health within large, nationally recognized public safety organizations and higher education systems. She served as the first Mental Health Coordinator for the Los Angeles County Fire Department, where she helped pioneer peer-based support, critical incident response, and recovery frameworks that have since informed national models.

In parallel, Anne established and led a civilian crisis response program in Southern California, training and coordinating volunteer teams that responded at the request of law enforcement, fire, and EMS agencies. For more than 25 years, this work placed her on scene in the immediate aftermath of traumatic events, often within the first minutes and hours following suicide, homicide, child death, serious accidents, assaults, and other life-altering incidents.

Across both public safety and civilian contexts, Anne’s work has included sustained on-scene response to line-of-duty deaths, mass casualty incidents, natural disasters, and acute community trauma, as well as long-term engagement within crisis-driven professions. This direct proximity to loss, shock, and responsibility continues to shape her grounded, steady approach to ethics, resilience, and long-term recovery.

Beyond frontline response, Anne has worked across federal, state, regional, and local systems, including collaborations with government agencies, nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, medical and training programs, and both rural and urban communities. Her experience spans high-density metropolitan environments as well as under-resourced rural regions, offering a nuanced understanding of how trauma, responsibility, and recovery manifest across different cultural and operational contexts.

Anne is a licensed mental health professional with two master’s degrees and a deep training lineage that includes clinical practice, analytic study, expressive therapies, and decades of specialized trauma training and application. In addition to her clinical practice, she has spent years teaching, training, and mentoring professionals across disciplines, including licensed professionals, first responders, and organizational leaders. This combination of academic grounding, instructional authority, and prolonged on-scene crisis exposure allows her to support ethical decision-making and sustained responsibility in moments where clarity and dignity matter most.

As the creator of Simplicity Reconnect™, Anne distilled decades of experience into a guiding philosophy that integrates evidence-based practices, reflective awareness, and natural intelligence. This framework supports clarity, rhythm, and resilience across personal and professional life and serves as the foundational philosophy across all CTRN entities.

As CTRN continues to evolve, Anne is also guiding the ethical integration of emerging technologies into resilience and recovery work. This includes the development of Soul Back Studio™, a creative and reflective space exploring the thoughtful use of AI to support writing, meaning-making, and creative expression within clear, human-centered boundaries. This work reflects her commitment to ensuring that technology serves restoration, dignity, and meaningful purpose.

Anne’s work also includes advising leaders and organizations navigating high-responsibility roles, ethical challenges, succession, burnout, and long-term exposure to complexity. She is particularly valued for her ability to read systems, recognize emerging patterns, and translate complexity into clear, grounded next steps. Whether working with first responders, senior leaders, clinicians, educators, or mission-driven professionals, her work supports wise orientation, deliberate action, and sustained leadership over time.

In addition to her systems work, Anne is the founder of The Ranch, a private sanctuary within CTRN located in Southern Oregon dedicated to land-based learning, animal-centered engagement, and experiential resilience education. This work reflects her commitment to integrative resilience that honors human systems, the natural world, and relational presence as essential components of restoration, learning, and healing.

Across every context, Anne’s work is guided by a consistent commitment: to offer steady, ethical support that helps people and systems regain coherence, navigate responsibility with care, and move forward with integrity over the long arc of service and leadership.