Ann H. Kloeckner, Esq.

Executive Director

Ann Kloeckner joined Legal Aid Works^® in 2011 to take the helm from Bill Botts upon his retirement.  Ann hails originally from Vermont and most recently from Texas, with a non-linear career path emphasizing public service and advocacy on behalf of survivors of domestic violence.  With law licenses in four states (PA, NJ, TX, and VA), Ann is a graduate of Swarthmore College and Villanova University School of Law, where her stint at a legal aid clinical program nurtured her passion for equal justice and her tolerance of a nonprofit lifestyle.  She enjoys mentoring new attorneys and maintains a robust schedule of public speaking engagements throughout the seventeen-county service area.  Ann was appointed in 2016 by the Virginia Supreme Court to a three-year term as a member of the faculty of the Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Course, which is mandatory for every newly licensed attorney in Virginia, served as the chairperson of the Association of Virginia Legal Aid Programs, and interim chair of the statewide legal aid Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access committee