Senior Vice President Development

Ann Armater is the founding Executive Director of Vassar Brothers Hospital Foundation and the Vice President for Development for Health Quest.

A development officer with twenty-three years of experience, Ann's career as a professional fundraiser started with United Way of Tri-State. Initially interested in working with the allocation side of United Way, Ann turned to the larger fundraising arm of the organization when a more experienced professional in the foundation world offered this advice: "You'll be better at giving it away if you can appreciate what went into raising it."

Armed with the fundraising fundamentals provided by the United Way, Ann spent two years in the development office at New York University and two years with the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center Fund before joining Vassar Brothers Hospital Foundation as its first Executive Director in 1986.

Nearly eighteen years later, a comprehensive development program is in place and a strong network of donor relationships has been cultivated over time. The proof of that cultivation is seen in the Foundation's successful completion of its recent $20 million capital campaign. Today, the Foundation continues working on "Phase II" of that campaign and has raised an additional $7 million.

Ann is a graduate of the College of New Rochelle and Fordham University's Graduate School of Social Service. She resides in Poughkeepsie with her husband, Ray, and their three daughters.