Staff

Ann My Thai

Assistant Director  | Contact

Ms. Thai leads the Center's strategic partnership efforts with high-tech and gaming industries, and oversees organizational growth and strategy. Before joining the Center, Ann served as a consultant for Education for Development, Vietnam, a nonprofit organization that develops informal educational programming for disadvantaged children in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Yale University named her a Charles Kao Fellow and a Gordon Grand Senior Fellow for her study of the influence of business development in the region on local nonprofits. She went on to coordinate voting rights and education reform efforts at the NAACP Legal & Educational Defense Fund before pursing her master's degree. She also worked for Apple, developing marketing strategies for the company's professional software applications. Ann received her bachelor's degree in Political Science from Yale University and a master's degree in Business Administration from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

 

Recent blog posts:

Tech Supported Tools to Foster Kids’ Creativity

Posted Aug 30, 2010 at 4:11 pm

Learning Across Silos: An Integrated Approach to the Creativity Crisis

Posted Aug 20, 2010 at 8:09 am

Transforming Children’s Learning to Address America’s Creativity Crisis

Posted Aug 9, 2010 at 9:04 am

Cooney Center Prizes Wrap Up

Posted Jul 21, 2010 at 10:48 am

2010 Game Developers Conference (GDC): It's All About Me, Its All About We

Posted Jul 21, 2010 at 10:48 am

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