Annie Wands Dussuyer '01
Annie is an L.A. native who grew up around the corner from Archer and has fond memories of the Archer building from before Archer was even an idea. She joined Archer in 2000 in her junior year and one of her favorite Archer memories was putting up the Maypole two years in a row a night with her class and their dads.
After Archer she attended UCLA, graduating in 2005 with a Russian Language & Literature major and French Language & Literature minor. During her senior year at UCLA, she had an internship at MGM Studios in PR and Marketing, and it sparked her imagination and her future career.
Currently, Annie is the Head of Go-to-Market (GTM) for Media & Entertainment at Google Play, where she is responsible for driving the strategy and vision for global developers across streaming, sports, music, and news. She is also the Women@Austin lead for the Google employee relation group. She helps drive different events and programming to help women in tech connect and give back to the community.
Annie grounds her passion for service in the values instilled by her family, especially her mother, Frances Terpak. Annie was part of the Archer Alumni Association Board for 8 years, and consistently donates to the Archer Fund every year. She gives back at Archer by serving as an advancement volunteer, both helping with fundraising and serving as a liaison to the Class of 2001.
The Archer School for Girls admits students of any race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin, sexual orientation or other legally protected status to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin, sexual orientation or other legally protected status in its hiring or in the administration of its educational policies and programs, admissions policies, financial aid programs or other school-administered programs.
The Archer School for Girls’ mission is to educate students in an environment specifically designed for girls. As such, the school will consider any candidate for admission who identifies as a girl. Once admitted to Archer, all students in good academic standing who abide by Archer’s code of conduct and who meet requirements for graduation will be eligible to receive an Archer diploma, regardless of any change in sexual identity or other legally protected status.
