Ann Blumlein Lazarus '67
Ann Lazarus '67 received the Distinguished Alumna award in 2008.
Ann worked as an interim executive director for nonprofits in transition for 15 years before retiring in 2020. The nonprofits she served included: Fort Mason Center; Enterprise for High School Students; Coro Center for Civic Leadership, San Francisco; San Francisco School Volunteers; the Saint Francis Foundation; Metta Fund, and San Francisco General Hospital Foundation. Ann was also CEO at Mount Zion Health Fund and held a number of other private sector positions.
Ann worked as an interim executive director for nonprofits in transition for 15 years before retiring in 2020. The nonprofits she served included: Fort Mason Center; Enterprise for High School Students; Coro Center for Civic Leadership, San Francisco; San Francisco School Volunteers; the Saint Francis Foundation; Metta Fund, and San Francisco General Hospital Foundation. Ann was also CEO at Mount Zion Health Fund and held a number of other private sector positions.
A second-generation San Franciscan, Ann brings a wealth of talent, experience, and knowledge of the community. She was a member of the San Francisco Board of Appeals for ten years, and served eight years as a member of San Francisco’s Port Commission, including two years as its president. Other organizations with which she has been involved include: Congregation Emanu-El, Alumni Consulting Team of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Clinic by the Bay, SPUR, and the San Francisco Human Services Network, the last of which she was a co-founder.
Ann enjoys attending Giants games and rooting for the 49ers, as well as having season tickets to the San Francisco Ballet and San Francisco Symphony. In retirement, she is spending time with her grandchildren and playing tennis. Ann has both a B.A. in political science and an MBA from Stanford, as well as an MA in Urban Studies from Occidental College. She and her husband raised four children in San Francisco; their two daughters attended Burke’s.
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