Ann Stern became President and CEO of Houston Endowment in March 2012. Prior to that, she was executive vice president of Texas Children’s Hospital. She previously served as vice president and general counsel for the Hospital.

Prior to joining Texas Children’s, she was in private law practice and taught business law at the University of St. Thomas. Stern received her bachelor’s degree in Plan II from the University of Texas at Austin, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. She also received a Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin.

Stern currently serves as a director on the boards of Invesco Funds, The University of Texas Law School Foundation, and The Holdsworth Center and as chairman of the board of Good Reason Houston. She previously served as the chairman of the board of St. John’s School and on the boards of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Texas Children’s Hospital.