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Anna Crosslin
President & CEO
Director of Festival of Nations

Employed at the International Institute since: September 1978
Department/Function Overseen: Working in partnership with the Board of Directors, determines agency goals and strategies; sets policy and oversees implementation of procedures; prioritizes needs and allocates resources; and ensures a fiscally sound and well-operated agency. Determines overall staff organization; integrates agency services and programs; and oversees agency community, public relations and fund-raising programs.
Education: BA, Political Science: Washington University, MO

Awards/Recognitions

  • 2000-2010: Annual recognition by St. Louis Business Journal on its Most Influential St. Louisans list.

  • 2010: YWCA Leader Lunch Awardee: Racial Justice

  • 2009: FOCUS St. Louis Board of Directors “What’s Right with the Region” Leadership Award.

  • 2006 and 2008: Biennial recognition by St. Louis Magazine on its “St. Louis’ Most Powerful People” list.

  • 2007: St. Louis Business Journal’s “St. Louis Minority Business Leader Award” list.

  • 2006: St. Louis Alive Magazine’s “Buzz List: 25 of St. Louis’ Most Talked-About Visionaries, Culture Shapers & Influentials.”

  • 2005: D.H., Washington University (honorary doctor of humanities).

  • 2002: Brotherhood-Sisterhood Award, National Council for Community and Justice (NCCJ).

  • 2001: Norman A. Stack Community Relations Award, Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis.

  • 1999: Community Citizen Award for St. Louis from the William T. Kemper Foundation and Commerce Bancshares.

  • 1992: D.H.L., Webster University (honorary doctor of humane letters).

  • 1985/86: Leadership St. Louis Program (Danforth Foundation).
Community Involvement (current only)

Dean’s Professional Advisory Committee, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University; Executive Leadership Institute Women’s Advisory Council of UM-St. Louis; Member, International Affairs Committee, UM-St. Louis Chancellor's Council; US Attorney's Hate Crime Task Force; MO Governor’s Complete Count Committee for the 2010 Census; Nominating Board, Girl Scout Council of E. MO; St. Louis Forum; Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumni Association; and Japanese American Citizens League