Anne Marie Toccket has worked across the globe with social enterprises, nonprofit organizations, and individuals to build strong, lasting, effective institutions. She is executive director of the Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh. She also founded Procopia, a consultancy serving nonprofits and foundations.

Anne Marie began her career in San Juan, Puerto Rico with AmeriCorps*VISTA in a Women’s Small Business Administration office at the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón. She then moved to rural Peru, where she worked for an indigenous-led NGO in building market access for Quechua women artisans. That experience led her to co-found Awamaki, an NGO that readies indigenous women artisans for small business ownership. Anne Marie worked for a decade at the Philanthropy Forum at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) at the University of Pittsburgh, where is now an adjunct professor. Anne Marie has a master’s degree in public policy from GSPIA and three bachelor’s degrees in Spanish, international relations, and journalism from Penn State. In her free time, you can find Anne Marie riding her bike, walking in Highland Park, exploring Pittsburgh’s lesser-trodden City steps, and spending time with her partner.