Annie Lewis Garda has a distinguished record of service in both the public and nonprofit sectors. In the early 1980s she coordinated the Mayor’s Operation Volunteer Effort (Project MOVE) in which 1,000 loaned executives and volunteers helped revamp Cleveland’s municipal finances and city services in the wake of default. She also developed the Children’s Key Concerts Endowment during her presidency of the Junior Committee of the Cleveland Orchestra. Garda served on the boards of the MetroHealth System, Leadership Cleveland, Benjamin Rose Institute, Business Volunteerism Council, Musical Arts Association and Ohio East Area United Methodist Foundation, and was a member of the board of visitors for Trinity College of Duke University. She and her husband, Robert, currently reside in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.