Ann is the former owner of Coxe Curry, who is privileged to continue to ply her craft under David Eidson’s leadership. She began work at the firm in 1992 and purchased the firm from the prior owner Frankie Coxe in 1993. Her current role allows her to be a senior advisor to clients and a resource for the firm’s staff. 

Ann’s previous community service includes serving as president of the Atlanta-Fulton League of Women Voters, as Georgia president, and as a member of the League’s national board, where she was development chair. She was a five-year member of the Board of Research Atlanta and its first woman president. She chaired the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Board for three years and was the founding president of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Foundation. 

Ann is a graduate of Leadership Atlanta and Leadership Georgia. She is a member of the YWCA Academy of Women Achievers and was the 2017 co-winner of their Woman of Achievement honor; a recipient of the Eudora Rogers Award as the outstanding League of Women Voters member; and also received the Eleanor Raoul Greene Award from the Georgia League. In 2017, she was recognized by the Foundation of Wesley Woods at its Heroes, Saints & Legends Event and, in 2018, was pleased to be designated as a “Tree Champion” by Trees Atlanta. 

Ann was a member of the Corporate Board of State Bank and Trust prior to its merger with Cadence Bank. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Georgia Conservancy. She is an active member of the Atlanta Rotary and was the 2018 recipient of the M. Collier Ross Leadership Award. In 2022, she was honored with and humbled by a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Atlanta Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. She is a board member of Adventure Scientists, a Montana-based organization that collects data for scientists to address critical challenges to the environment and human health. 

Ann currently consults with the Atlanta History Center, with her longtime client, the Atlanta Botanical Garden, as they grow the garden along the BeltLine, with MOCA GA and their new museum at the Goat Farm, and with YWCA of Greater Atlanta as they work to reopen the historic Phyllis Wheatley branch on the Westside to benefit the women and children of the surrounding community.

A graduate of Duke University, Ann is the immediate past chair of the Advisory Board for Duke University Libraries, a past chair of the Duke University Women’s Studies Council, and a six-year member of the Board of Visitors for Trinity College at Duke. She is a committee member for the Sarah P. Duke Gardens’ “Garden Gateway” campaign. 

She and her husband, Jim, have two adult children and three grandchildren. Ann and Jim enjoy city-living, adventure travel, and Duke basketball, having been present for every national championship. 

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