Ann DeMarle

Champlain College Faculty Emeritus Ann DeMarle is a futurist with expertise is in education, arts, technology, immersive media, and collaborative leadership. She is an Apple Distinguished Educator, an IBM Faculty Fellow, and has served on numerous international boards. Since 2019 she is a consultant applying communication technologies for social benefit working with: UNICEF Rwanda hosting BREAKAWAY, a game-driven intervention against gender-based violence into the Mahama Refugee Camp; and Population Media Center to launch BREAKAWAY in Guatemala through Universidad Raphael Landívar and into Peruvian schools. In 2020, she served as Presidential Advisor to foster innovation across Champlain College’s academic portfolio leading the development of the 2030 Strategic Plan; in 2022 Ann assumed the role of acting dean of Stiller School of Business; and in 2023, led development of an innovative degree in Cybersecurity in collaboration with industry. Day-to-day, Ann is an artist living in Vermont with her three Springer Spaniels.