A graduate of Agnes Irwin School in Rosemont, PA, Ann was graduated from Yale College, where she earned her B.A. in English  Her M.A. is in the individual study of drama from the Gallatin Division of New York University and she earned an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Bay Path University in 2023. Ann has worked in independent schools as a teacher and administrator for more than forty years and is devoted to the intellectual, social and emotional development of children. After two years teaching at Northfield Mount Hermon (where she was a dorm mother for boys!), she was a faculty member at The Chapin School in Manhattan for twenty years, serving in a variety of roles: English teacher, drama department chair, grade-level dean, and  Director of College Guidance. 

Ann’s tenure as Laurel’s tenth Head of School began in 2004 and concluded in 2025. At Laurel, she taught English in the Upper School and drama in the Primary. Particularly interested in the public purpose of private school, she was proud to have founded Laurel’s Center for Research on Girls and to have launched the Environmental Justice Semester, both of which use the School’s resources on behalf of girls at Laurel and beyond.

Serving as Chair of the board of The Heads’ Network, Ann is deeply committed to mentoring women to independent school leadership as she serves on the faculty for the Heads’ Network Leadership Seminar. In addition, Ann serves on the board of One Schoolhouse, The 1911 Group, and her alma mater, The Agnes Irwin School in Rosemont, PA  

A writer whose work often centers on the intersection of motherhood and school leadership, Ms. Klotz is a founder and editor of Well-Schooled: the Site for Educator Story Telling. Her essays have appeared in Independent School Magazine and the NAIS Independent Ideas Blog, Yankee Magazine, the Huffington Post, the Brevity Blog and in numerous literary journals. 

She is the founder and President of Ann V. Klotz Consulting and looks forward to sharing her knowledge and experience with those seeking support, inspiration and thought-partnership.