Anne Canfield

Prior to joining The Majority Group as a partner, Anne Canfield was a partner at Michael Best Strategies, heading up the firm’s Financial Services and Community Development advocacy practice in Washington, D.C. Anne was also a member of Michael Best & Friedrich’s Blockchain + the law and industry and technology teams. At Michael Best Strategies, Anne provided strategic planning, policy advice, and representational services to major corporations on federal and state legislative and regulatory issues. In addition, she was heavily involved in the tax and trade, healthcare, infrastructure, budget policy, and technology issue areas. Anne specialized in identifying changing government policies and then finding sustainable and profitable outcomes for her clients, often developing creative product solutions to help meet her clients’ needs, along with the needs of the customers they serve, consumers and the communities in which they live.

Anne is also owner of Canfield Press,  which publishes specialized financial publications, including the GSE Report and the Disruption Report. The GSE Report, which has been published since 1996, focuses on trends in fiscal and monetary policy and tracks the activities of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). The Disruption Report focuses on the disruptive impact that technological innovations are having on every industry sector.

Prior to joining, MBS in September 2017, Anne was president of Canfield & Associates, Inc., a firm she formed in 1996. While President of Canfield & Associates, Inc, she formed and managed major trade associations, including the Consumer Mortgage Coalition and the Rx Benefits Coalition, along with representing individual corporate clients in the financial services, healthcare, and technology industries.

Earlier in her career, she was a senior executive at GE/GE Capital, where she developed and implemented corporate policy and legislative and regulatory strategies both domestically and abroad. While at GE Capital, she was instrumental in repositioning the company to anticipate and take advantage of changing governments’ policies. She was also a Principal at the firm, McClure, Gerard & Neuenschwander.

Education:

• Northwestern University, Bachelor’s Degree

• University of Paris,  Certificat d’Etudes­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

Professional Affiliations:

• 100 Women in Finance (former Chair, Washington, D.C. Chapter)

• The Exchequer Club of Washington, D.C..

•  The Tax Coalition

  • Women in Housing & Finance, Inc.

  • Ex-SOBs

  • The Ripon Society

Contact: anne@majoritygroup.com