EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Anne Schankin

Anne Schankin is the first Executive Director of Sounds Good Choir. She brings extensive operational and administrative experience from a career that includes corporate business development and various roles in the nonprofit sector. Most recently she was the Director of the Catholic Impact Investing Collaborative, a community of asset owners dedicated to values-aligned investing. Prior to CIIC, Anne was at the CME Group for 17+ years, the largest global financial derivatives exchange, where she supported institutional investors in the US and Latin America and held other positions. Anne has worked and volunteered in various mission-driven organizations including United Way, Catholic Charities, the National Runaway Safeline, the Financing for Development NGO Committee at the UN, and the Focolare Movement.

Anne earned her undergraduate degree in History at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, then completed additional religious and social studies in Italy and Switzerland. She holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Northwestern Kellogg School of Management in Chicago, where she majored in International Business, Marketing, and Non-profit Administration. She is also happy to be part of the Evanston SGC Choir!