Anne Dobson Ball

Anne Dobson Ball is a champion for gender equity and food security. Born and raised in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Anne Dobson has lived in Tennessee for nearly five years. She earned her B.A. in Politics and a Certificate in Civic and Global Leadership from Sewanee: The University of the South. While at Sewanee, Anne Dobson was a part of the Bonner Leader Program where she spent four years working at the Community Action Committee (CAC), a local food pantry in Sewanee. During her time at the CAC, she worked in a direct service capacity as she supported clients each day and organized monthly free community meals for clients and community members.

In addition to her community outreach through the Bonner Leader Program, Anne Dobson spearheaded a campus-wide menstrual equity initiative to install free menstrual hygiene product machines across campus. She also led a university-wide initiative that created an on-campus student supply closet at Sewanee to meet food and basic-needs insecurity among students.

Anne Dobson is excited to work with TJC's staff to increase education and access to WIC benefits for women and their families across Tennessee!