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@ranchandcoast RANCH & COAST MAGAZINE APRIL 2025 77 She served as Chair of the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau (now the San Diego Tourism Authority) and was on the Executive Committee of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation. She was a founding director of the California State Tourism Commission (now Visit California) and served on the California Chamber of Commerce board. She served as a Trustee of her alma mater, Pomona College, on the Founders Circle of the Preuss School, as a Commissioner for the UC San Diego Foundation, and on the advisory board of its Rady School of Management. She was a Trustee of the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, member of the Director's Cabinet of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Director of the Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute. In addition, she served as San Diego's Chief of Protocol under Mayor Maureen O'Connor, and was later appointed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to serve as a Director of the Los Angeles Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, which she went on to chair. Anne's family-run business is rooted in the belief that her hotels are both "of the community" and "for the community." This was never evidenced more than during the Covid pandemic when all Evans Hotels remained open for the purpose of providing discounted hotel accommodations to frontline health workers in San Diego's vital healthcare sector. Anne's free time was spent enjoying musical theatre, tending to her rose garden, and caring for her dogs. Anne is predeceased by her parents, siblings, husband, and many dear friends. She is survived by her children, grandchildren, and great- grandchildren as well as many friends, current and former employees, and members of the community whose lives she touched.