Ann Timmons

Communications Artist

Ann Timmons, Communications Artist, is an expert in helping emerging and established leaders across all sectors speak so others will listen. A professional actor/writer/director, Ann has developed a distinctive, experiential approach to presentation skills and executive presence coaching. She helps clients discover how to access the confidence they need to convey credibility and competence while connecting with listeners. Clients develop the essential ability to stay in the moment and deliver memorable messages.

Ann’s clients range from former prisoners lobbying for restoration of voting rights, to candidates for elected office, executives speaking to audiences of all sizes, and subject matter experts of all types who need to be understood by those who may not speak their insider language.

Ann shares more than three decades of professional theatre and film experience, teaching, and coaching. Her coaching addresses a variety of communications situations, from preparation for specific events, such as campaign announcement speeches and internationally telecast business conference keynotes. She also guides clients in the discovery and practice of better ways to communicate clearly with team members and other internal and external stakeholders.

Drawing upon her years as a playwright, she is skilled in content development, including speech writing and editing, talking points for meetings and discussions, and slide deck messaging. Ann specializes in cutting through wonk speak and jargon to make clients’ messages fresh, authentic, and relatable.

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Professional Highlights

  • Ann brings 30+ years in theatre, writing, and directing to deliver experiential coaching that builds executive presence, authentic connection, and clear, impactful communication.

  • She has successfully coached C-suite executives, senior attorneys, biotech leaders, political candidates, and nonprofit advocates

Industry Experience

  • Biotech executives

  • Government relations professionals

  • Leaders of non-profit organizations

  • Non-governmental organization senior staffers

  • Clergy

  • National professional association leaders and executives

  • Lawyers

  • SES-level federal employees

Certifications & Education

  • Wellesley College (Wellesley, Massachusetts), B.A. summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa

  • Central School of Speech and Drama/University of London, Westfield College, Acting Conservatory one-year program

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, M.F.A. in Theatre-Acting, Graduate Honors