Ann Brandau

Ann Brandau is a healthcare executive, consultant, and writer whose work examines leadership, resilience, public service, and the ways institutions shape individual lives. She is Principal Consultant at Prosperity Consulting, advising hospitals, physician practices, and nonprofits on financial, operational, and regulatory challenges. Her career has spanned healthcare leadership, government, nonprofit redevelopment, and higher education: she served three terms as a Wyandotte County Commissioner, was appointed to two terms on the Kansas Board of Regents, and, as a nonprofit executive director, led the transformation of a 17-acre Superfund site into a neighborhood market. She writes on identity, public perception, institutional failure, and the resilience required to rebuild. Based in the Kansas City metro.