Ann Sheffer is a volunteer, advocate, and patron from Westport, CT and Palm Springs, CA. She is the Secretary/Treasurer of the Betty R. and Ralph Sheffer Foundation, a small family foundation devoted to the arts, education, and community care, now involving a third generation in thoughtful, targeted philanthropy.
In addition, Ann has been deeply involved in private, foundation, and government funding for the arts, on national, state, and local levels. She is currently a trustee of the Palm Springs Art Museum and Chair of the Palm Springs Public Arts Commission. Ann was also the founding Chairman of the Board of the Americans for the Arts Action Fund and PAC.