Anne Hardiman serves as legal advisor to the Board. She is a native Huntsvillian, who graduated from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. After obtaining a law degree at Vanderbilt University, Anne moved to Houston, Texas, and began her legal practice in the Tax Department at Baker Botts LLP. Beginning in 1992, her practice specialized in estate planning, probate, and the representation of tax-exempt organizations. Since 2005, she has served as a Trustee of the Isla Carroll Turner Friendship Trust, a private foundation located in Houston, Texas. She has been a long-standing friend to the Studio and has returned to Alabama many times for IOS events.