Dr. Anna Quider

Dr. Anna Quider brings over 15 years of experience and award-winning leadership
spanning higher education, the federal government, and the nonprofit sector to helping clients define and achieve their strategic goals. As a former professional astrophysicist, Anna unites a systems-thinking, analytical approach with enthusiasm and creativity to support clients in co-creating unique solutions to their challenges and driving measurable results. She adeptly guides clients through complex issues and ambiguity, with particular strengths across the science, technology, innovation, and higher education sectors; federal government processes and engagement; program and process optimization; and stakeholder engagement. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are Anna’s foundational values and she utilizes a DEI lens for her engagements.

Anna’s accomplishments include being named on of 100 Top Lobbyists in 2022 by the National Institute for Lobbying and Ethics, two-time Superior Honor Awardee of the U.S. Department of State, former President of the Board of Directors of The Science Coalition (a 501c3 nonprofit), and Principal Investigator on a Hubble Space Telescope research project. She earned a Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of Cambridge, where she studied as a Marshall Scholar and an NSF Graduate Research Fellow, as well as a B.S. in Physics and Astronomy and a B.A. with dual majors in Religious Studies and the History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Pittsburgh. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

Anna is an educator at heart, and public speaking is a long-time passion of hers. She has developed and delivered hundreds of presentations, workshops, and trainings for 10 to 800+ attendees ranging from government and university leaders to preK through college students and the general public. Venues include international conferences, universities, science & higher education associations, preK-12 schools, bars, churches, a U.S. embassy, and Smithsonian Associates (the education arm of the Smithsonian Institution). Topics include science, technology, and innovation policy, higher education, communication skills, advocacy, government processes, astronomy, careers, and more.