Junior Achievement of Arizona
Anne Landers has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Anne began their career as a Client Services Manager at David and Sam PR in 2006, where they helped clients in public relations, marketing, and advertising. In 2011, they joined Life In Abundance International as an Assistant Director/Interim Director, where they served as a liaison between U.S.-based operations and foreign program teams. Anne also established processes and protocols for leadership vacancies. In 2014, Anne became the Vice President of Strategic Impact at Junior Achievement of Arizona and later transitioned to the role of Chief Operating Officer.
Anne Landers attended Arizona State University from 2002 to 2006, where they earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Journalism with an emphasis in Public Relations. Anne also participated in various leadership programs and academies, such as the ASU Leadership Institute by the ASU Alumni Association in 2022-2023, Valley Leadership's Ready Together Alumna program in 2020-2021, the Children's Action Alliance Leadership Academy as an alumna since 2018, Scottsdale Leadership as a Class XXXI Alumna in 2016-2017, and the Arizona State University Advocacy Institute in 2018. In addition to their education, Anne Landers obtained certifications in The Allstate Foundation Executive Leadership Program - Class of 2021 from Kellogg Executive Education and Dare to Lead Trained from Dare to Lead™ Trained in 2020. Anne also completed their high school education at Flowing Wells High School from 1999 to 2002.
Junior Achievement of Arizona
For the last 60+ years, Junior Achievement of Arizona (JA) has been empowering the futures of millions of Arizona students by giving them the knowledge and skills they need to manage their money, plan for their future, and make smart academic, career and economic choices. Delivered by 9,500 business and community volunteer mentors, our hands-on, age-appropriate programs focus on three key areas: financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship. Serving more than 80,000 students each year and over 2 million since its founding, JA is shaping the college- and career-readiness conversation, and we play an important role in Arizona’s workforce and economic development. Our programs help students connect what they learn in the classroom to the real world, and demonstrate how learning correlates to earning – knowledge critical to empowering today’s students to be successful, contributing members of society in the future. We serve students with diverse backgrounds and socio-economic status throughout Arizona, with primary focus on providing our programs to students from low-income households. We are a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization wholly dependent on the financial and volunteer support of individuals, foundations and businesses.