Anne Hastings
Anne Hastings has been the Executive Director of Fonkoze since May 1996. Under her leadership, the institution has grown from 2 volunteer employees to over 750 full-time employees and is now the largest Microfinance Institution in Haiti.
Before coming to Haiti, Anne had fifteen years of experience in providing strategic management services to executives and in managing young organizations for high performance and steady growth. Anne holds a PhD from the University of Virginia. She completed research fellowships at the Brookings Institute and the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, both in Washington, DC.
Anne is the recipient of other awards, including the 2005 Pioneer in Microfinance Award of the Grameen Foundation USA. In 2006, she was honored in the First Annual Chiapas Project Recognition Dinner in Dallas, Texas. In May 2007, she received an honorary Doctorate in Business Leadership from Duquesne University.