Ann Elsner

Biography

Ann Elsner provides leadership, oversight and management of the financial affairs and administrative operations of the Duke University Libraries. She chaired the coordinating committee for the Libraries’ COVID-19 response and is a member of the Provost’s Academic Financial Leadership Group. Ann came to Duke in 2002 from Dar Al-Hekma University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Prior to that, she worked at Columbia College of Nursing in Milwaukee, WI and for the Central Intelligence Agency where she held various administration and financial management roles in the U.S. and abroad. Ann holds an MBA from Babson College, Wellesley, MA and a BA in Business Administration from Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL.