Anne L. Cheney, Vice President, Finance

Anne Cheney joined Scholarship America in April 2002.  Her experience includes seven years of auditing not-for-profit organizations, first with Arthur Andersen & Co., and more recently at KPMG LLP; and over 15 years running the financial operations of the Minnesota Orchestral Association and the University of Minnesota Foundation.

A former adjunct faculty member at the University of St. Thomas’ Center for Nonprofit Management, Anne has been a leader in the not-for-profit accounting profession where she was a founding member of the Nonprofit Financial Group, a past chair of the Minnesota Society of CPAs' annual Not-For-Profit Organizations Conference, as well as volunteer on the Minneapolis United Way’s Financial Management Task Force and the St. Paul United Way’s ad hoc Financial Capacity Task Force.  Currently Anne serves on the boards of the Kenwood Symphony Orchestra and the St. Peter United Way (Treasurer).

Anne received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Carleton College and an MBA in accounting from the University of Michigan, and she is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).