Anne Lacy

Vice President of North America Programs · International Crane Foundation · company speakers →

Anne grew up in Madison, leaving to attend college in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. She received a B.A. in Psychology (1991) and returned to get a B.S. in Biology (1994). After working various jobs while taking graduate level Geographic Information Systems courses at the University of South Carolina, Anne was accepted to the graduate program in Biology at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. After finishing coursework in Duluth in 2000, Anne accepted an internship at ICF, while also finishing her thesis. After completion of her M.S., Anne accepted a full-time position at ICF as a research associate in the Field Ecology Department (now the North America Program), working on an ongoing long-term study of Sandhill Cranes. She began working with the ongoing Whooping Crane reintroduction in 2009, to study the ecology of the newly reintroduced population in Wisconsin. In April of 2026, she took on the role of Vice President for the North America Program, overseeing several program areas; Sandhill Cranes in Working Landscapes, Whooping Crane Reintroduction, Gulf Coast Whooping Cranes, and Whooping Cranes in the Central Flyway.

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