Ann Meisinger is the Project Director, Artist-in-Residence Program at the Exploratorium, where she leads the vision and development for Artist in Residence programs and initiatives. Prior to the Exploratorium she worked as the Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Headlands Center for the Arts where she produced and edited Process and Place: Headlands at 40, among other achievements. She has worked as Assistant Educator for Public Programs and Creative Practice at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and at The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago where she was Assistant Curator of Public Programs. Ann holds dual Masters degrees in Modern and Contemporary Art History, Theory, and Criticism and Arts Administration and Policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is a member of the board of the arts organization and historic house, 500 Capp Street, and volunteers with the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory where she practices citizen science through the annual raptor migration program, Hawkwatch.