Ann Colley

Director


Ann Colley is Director of Public Relations and Charitable Giving at Moore Capital Management, LP, and Director and Vice President of The Moore Charitable Foundation and its affiliate foundations.  As the principal advisor to The Moore Charitable Foundation’s Founder and Chairman, Louis Bacon, Ms. Colley has spent more than two decades guiding the foundation’s grantmaking and partnerships with many of the nation’s foremost conservation organizations. She also represents The Moore Charitable Foundation in collaboration with local community organizations.

A native of North Carolina, Ann joined MCF in 1994 as its first executive director after working in presidential, gubernatorial and congressional campaigns. She serves on the Board of Trustees of Waterkeeper Alliance, and is on the University of North Carolina’s Board of Visitors as well as UNC’s Institute for the Environment Board. She is a member of the Advisory Board of The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Oceans 5 and the Shark Conservation Fund.

Ms. Colley attended Hollins University and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She lives in New York City and has two sons.

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