Annie Wohlgenant is the vice president, programs and health policy for The Colorado Health Foundation. In this role, Wohlgenant oversees The Foundation’s philanthropy, which in 2007 included the award of 175 grants totaling $29.6 million. She also oversees the Foundation’s policy-related work, which in 2007 included advocating for the federal reauthorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and supporting the Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care Reform.

Prior to her work with The Colorado Health Foundation, Wohlgenant served seven years as a senior program officer with the Rose Community Foundation. In this capacity, she helped create and manage major foundation programs including Child Health Advocates, Hot Issues in Health Care and the Colorado Health Institute. Before taking on her role at the Rose Community Foundation, Wohlgenant worked for Colorado Governor Roy Romer as his senior health policy analyst. In this position, she helped to develop Child Health Plan Plus, a children’s health insurance program that now serves more than 50,000 formerly uninsured children.

Wohlgenant earned her master’s of public health policy from Yale University Medical School and her bachelor of arts degree from Brown University. She currently serves on the board of directors for Grantmakers in Health, has been a trustee for Planned Parenthood, the Rape Awareness and Assistance Program, and was chair of Colorado Covering Kids and Families Project.