Ann Kirschner *78 ENG
Strategist, Educator, Writer
President, Comma Communications and University Professor, CUNY
Ann Kirschner is a strategic advisor, educator and author whose diverse career centers on understanding technology’s impact on how we work, shop, entertain and learn. Kirschner is university professor at The City University of New York and professor of practice at Arizona State University. She leads philanthropic initiatives at the Meyer Family Foundation and serves on the boards of the Movado Group, Strategic Cyber Ventures, NYC First and the Paul and Daisy Soros Foundation. Kirschner’s pioneering work in digital strategy includes NFL Sunday Ticket and nfl.com at the National Football League and Fathom, an online learning project, with Columbia University. She writes about innovation in higher education for Forbes and other publications and is author of “Sala’s Gift” and “Lady at the OK Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp.” Kirschner graduated from the University of Buffalo and the University of Virginia, and received a Ph.D. from Princeton, where she earned recognition as a Whiting Fellow and was elected to the Board of Trustees.