Anne Wairepo

Women in Education

Anne Wairepo spent her childhood in Idaho.  She grew to love horses and enjoyed many hours riding them on the family ranch.  She was taught the value of an education from her parents, eventually leading her to receive a bachelor’s degree in Recreation Management, a master’s degree in Youth Leadership and a PhD in Educational Leadership.  Anne was named founding director of the then new Women’s Success Center at Utah Valley University in November of 2011.  The Women’s Success Center’s aim and goal is to help women successfully navigate college and higher education to graduation.  Anne left the Women’s Success Center in 2017 to become the director Healing Hands, the humanitarian arm of doTERRA.