Our Team

Anne Kirwan, Managing Director (San Francisco)

A long-time Upwardly Global volunteer, Anne has had an international career on three continents as a journalist, entrepreneur, sales director and general manager. Born and educated in Ireland, Anne is an immigrant professional and identifies strongly with Upwardly Global's mission and vision.

A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, Anne worked as a journalist on regional and national newspapers in Ireland, New Zealand and Australia, often covering contentious immigration issues and policies. On her return to Ireland, she co-founded and managed a successful book and magazine publishing business. In the early 90s she moved to the IT sector where she held a series of senior sales management positions with leading Irish IT companies and consistently led sales teams to achieve aggressive revenue targets and organizational goals. Most recently Anne was the sales director for Dataway, a leading network security company with offices in San Francisco and Dublin, Ireland. Under her tenure, Dataway grew their US business from $2m to over $6m in 2007. Anne also has extensive leadership and professional coaching skills.

Contact Anne at 415.834.9901 or anne@upwardlyglobal.org