As a junior in High School, her guidance counselor advised her to take secretarial courses and marry her boss. 

A mere three years later, she met the counselor at that school ,as she entered for the adult education night courses.

He stopped her and said, he was glad she took his advice. Smiling sweetly, Ann replied, “No Sir, I’m teaching one of your courses.  I own my own business and married an US Marine, not my secretary!”

A native New Yorker, she is an experienced business owner and manager of mid-size companies and later an Associate Manager for American Express.  Leaving the corporate world, she joined the New York City Police Department. as a Patrol Police Officer.

Retiring to South Carolina, she helped form the Beaufort TEA Party in 2009, which she continues to run to this day. 

In 2010, she created the Southern Sense Podcast.  The show features well known A List politicians, political and social experts, actors, musicians, and various activists or plain interesting people. 

Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where she’ll go, but you’ll love the journey!