Anne Connelly

Anne Connelly is a trailblazer in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space, with over a decade of experience shaping conversations around decentralized technology and its impact on society.

Connelly is faculty at Boston University's Questrom School of Business, where she teaches Blockchain for Social Impact. She is also an expert on exponential thinking and decentralized societies at Singularity University in California and has lectured at Oxford University’s Saïd School of Business on Innovations for Impact Finance.

An entrepreneur and angel investor, Connelly is a globally sought-after consultant and advisor. She has worked with notable organizations including Ralph Lauren, The Television Academy Foundation, United Nations OICT, and NASA. Connelly co-authored "Bitcoin and the Future of Fundraising," a guide for charities on crypto donations. She is certified by the Institute of Corporate Directors and sits as a member of the Gitcoin DAO, a decentralized organization that supports the creation of public goods.

Connelly previously worked with Doctors Without Borders as a field worker in the Central African Republic and the DR Congo. She has a Bachelor of Life Sciences from Queen’s University, an MBA from McMaster University, and is certified in Strategic Disruption from Harvard Business School. She was honored as one of CBC’s 12 Young Leaders Changing Canada and one of the Fifty Most Inspirational Women in Technology in Canada.