Biography for Anne Abate

Anne Abate is the Director of Internet Strategy for GovConnect. Other titles she currently holds at GovConnect (and yes, she uses all of them) include Director of Communications and Marketing, Director of Communications and Research, and Chief Office Interior Decorator Expert. She tries to keep her hand into all areas of the company, internal and external communications, but continues to emphasize her research skills.

Anne held a position as a full time professor at Xavier University teaching information systems and electronic commerce in 1999-2000. She decided to try her hand at corporate America in 2000 to see how much trouble she could cause there. Of course, Anne has spent the majority of her career as a librarian and has worked in public, academic, and special libraries most recently serving as the head librarian at the law firm of Dinsmore & Shohl in Cincinnati. Anne is an active member of several professional library associations and has served on the Board of Directors of the Special Libraries Association. She has also served as President of the Cincinnati Chapter of SLA and Chair of the Legal Division, as well as holding the position of Chair on several committees on the Chapter, Division, and Association levels.

Anne graduated from Xavier University in Cincinnati Ohio. She has a master’s degree in Library Science from the University of Kentucky and a doctorate in computer technology from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale Florida.