Anne Henshaw, Oak Foundation

Anne Henshaw joined the Oak Foundation in September 2007 as a marine conservation program officer in the North Pacific and the Arctic. She has a special interest in supporting the rights of Indigenous Peoples in building their capacity to support and community-led conservation, food sovereignty, co-management as well as to engage in international governance policy forums at the UN and the Arctic Council.  In addition, Anne recently co-chaired cross-programme initiative focused on Climate Justice and Resilience for the Oak Foundation, an international funding platform designed to support Indigenous Peoples, women, and youth in community-led rights-based approaches to advance adaptation and resilience to climate change.

Before joining Oak, Anne was a visiting Professor in the Sociology and Anthropology Department at Bowdoin College from 1996-2007, and director of Bowdoin’s Coastal Studies Center from 2000-2007.  Anne holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Harvard University and a B.A., magma cum laude, from the University of New Hampshire in anthropology. Anne has been a fellow with the National Institute for Global and Environmental Change at Indiana University and with the American Association of University Women.  The results of her work have been published in a variety of peer reviewed journals and international venues. She has served on the Advisory Committee for the Office of Polar Programs at the National Science Foundation, and sits on the board of the International Funders for Indigenous Peoples and the Arctic Funders Collaborative.