ANNE VOBORIL CONNER

Senior Consultant, USA

Anne Voboril Conner, has worked as senior research analyst / senior consultant for Brakeley Ltd since 2001 providing primary and secondary research for international projects with a global fundraising component.  Clients have included the Global Leadership Foundation, International Atlantic Salmon Research Board and Hull University among others.  Previous experience has included work as an independent research consultant providing primary and secondary research and corporate analysis for clients including the London Business School and Lotus Development Corporation.  Anne also worked as a Research Assistant for Professor Dorothy Leonard Director of Research at the Harvard Business School providing research for the book WHEN SPARKS FLY:IGNITING GROUP CREATIVITY and as an equity investment analyst at the Boston Investment firm of State Street Research and management where Anne followed domestic and foreign equities and managed an equity portfolio.

Based in Boston Massachusetts, her work has involved developing a web based research product designed to serve international clients with multinational projects. The research is designed to match the most appropriate foundation, corporate and high net worth individual donors to a project. The research can be multinational in scope or can be designed to serve international clients trying to focus on US foundation and corporate funding sources. Anne regularly arranges meetings in the United States with potential funding sources. Anne also accompanies the client to these meetings to assist in the presentation of their case in addition to working with the US advisory groups of the client foundations. Additionally she provides research for Brakeley consultants working globally.

Anne Conner's recent clients have included:

Global Leadership Foundation, a UK based international foundation composed of 23 former heads of state who advise countries in crisis on a discreet basis.  Developed US Corporate, Foundation and High Net worth individual prospect lists arranged and attended meetings to present case, meeting follow up, funding request and relationship management, worked with other Brakeley consultants to identify and develop funding sources globally.   

North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation, the International Atlantic Salmon Research Board and the SALSEA project and related NGOs a UK based multinational scientific research initiative focused on the preservation of the North Atlantic salmon. 

Work for these clients has included prospect research and analysis as well as the organisation of and attendance at client visits to potential US funding sources, meeting follow up and ongoing relationship management as well as work with other Brakeley consultants in an effort to identify and develop funding sources globally. General research for consultant use has included work on a wide range of international environmental, medical and cultural initiatives focusing on both international and US fundraising goals.

Anne Conner holds a bachelors degree from Harvard University.