Dysart Community Center Update

Annie received her degree in business and women’s studies from Portland State University and worked throughout the United States setting the standards for spine rehabilitation clinics. 

 Annie returned to her home country of England in 1994 and began working internationally with the Police and Local Authorities on the use of Closed Circuit Television in public spaces.  In 1999, she won the European Medal for safety in city centers for her innovative programs helping with public space surveillance..

Annie continued studying and earned additional diplomas in Child Psychology, Drug & Alcohol Counselling and Advanced Stress Management.   Her imagination and creativity helped her to designs programs to support adult women in crisis in her own company working with abused women returning to the work force.

After twenty years Annie returned to the U.S. and began working in the not for profit world as Executive Director at Arizonans for Children.  The mission there was to improve the lives of abused, abandoned and neglected children in foster care.  Annie served that non-profit for 8 years, leaving to set up her own non-profit to support teenagers aging out of foster care.

Annie Ansell joined Dysart Community Center; the oldest non-profit in the West Valley, in November 2016.  She is delighted to play such a practical role in serving the communities needs and ensuring the continued success of Dysart Community Center.