Anne Frances is a botanist with the USDA-ARS National Germplasm Resources Laboratory in Beltsville, MD, where she develops and implements projects that conserve plant genetic resources. Her research interests include crop wild relatives, ethnobotany, native plant conservation, and restoration ecology. Previously, she served as NatureServe’s Lead Botanist for almost 11 years, where she focused on conserving rare plants in the United States and Canada. She currently serves as the North America Plant Red List Authority and has collaborated on many conservation status assessment projects including Trillium, U.S. trees, and the Global Cactus Assessment. Anne worked as a field botanist for Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and the Institute for Regional Conservation in Florida and conducted field work in Costa Rica. She is a native of Miami, FL with educational degrees from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA), Florida International University (MS) and the University of Florida (PhD).