Ann Chen

Ann Chen is an independent consultant focused on advising nonprofits. She was a partner at Bain & Company and retired in 2013 after 22 years with the firm. Most of that time was spent in Hong Kong, where she lived for 19 years. Since moving to the Bay Area four years ago, Ann has continued to advise high-impact nonprofit organizations in education. She serves as a long-time advisor to De Marillac Academy, a fourth through eighth grade school in the Tenderloin neighborhood.  Ann serves on the board of directors of Common Sense Media, a leading independent nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids thrive in a world of media and technology.  She is a trustee at the Town School for Boys, a K–8 independent school in San Francisco as well as a director on the board of the Corporation of Yaddo, one of the country’s most established artists’ residency programs. Ann recently completed her term on the HBS Alumni Board.

Ann has a B.S.E. in computer science from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. She is married to a business school classmate and has a teenage son.