SheLift Welcomes Anne Burnett as Executive Director
A fourth-generation Colorado native, Anne is an avid outdoors woman and ecological steward. She is also a passionate educator, committed to social and environmental justice, and keen to address the inequities she sees in education, recreation, and the environment through reform, technology, and leadership.
At 18, Anne accepted her first seasonal position in outdoor and adventure education in Northern Minnesota. She quickly became addicted to all things wild and funky, including young adults... A few years later, Anne began working for the Yosemite Institute as a field science educator and site manager in Yosemite National Park. There, she grew to love climbing, backcountry skiing, and the sublime and powerful impacts that wilderness adventure has on communities of women and girls. She has since worked as an instructor and course director for 19 seasons with Outward Bound, an educator and nonprofit leader for organizations around the globe, and a tenacious advocate for women and girls seeking community, support, adventure, and sisterhood.
Anne is also an accomplished journalist, having contributed award-winning material to print and broadcast media outlets around the world. She particularly loves writing about science, technology, adventure, and the myriad accomplishments of women and girls. And, she was a Features Editor for She Sends Magazine, a women's quarterly climbing and adventure journal, for several years. You can find her work published or recorded in Delicious Living Magazine, the Boulder Daily Camera, and the Science Buff Broadcast among myriad other places.
Anne completed a Bachelor's degree in Geology and Environmental Studies from Oberlin College and a Master's degree in journalism with emphases in science and environmental writing from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is also a licensed secondary science teacher, a girls lacrosse coach, and a competitive Master’s swimmer, and a fierce advocate for women and girls.
Hello SheLift Community!
Happy 2020! We have SO much in store this coming year! And, I’m supremely lucky to get to share this year with you. Recently, I was fortunate and honored to accept the life-changing opportunity to become SheLift’s first Executive Director. Inspired and eager to support the SheLift family and the amazing vision of its pioneer, the one and only Sarah Herron, I am ready to rally for any and all adventures with you, ladies!
My name is Anne, and I can’t wait to meet you, learn from and with you, and conquer many many mountains by your side!