LEADERSHIP & EXPERTISE
About Ann Kinkade
LucidLegacy is the inspiring and fulfilling work of founder Ann Kinkade, who intrinsically believes what a growing and emerging body of scientific research validates: that cultivating wellness is vital to our health and fulfillment as humans. She believes we are all spiritual beings who deserve to tap into something beyond ourselves for guidance and inspiration while defining and creating our living legacy.
Informed Expertise
Ann Kinkade is recognized for her intuitive and effective methods that draw on decades of expertise, formal education, and professional development across a broad range of fields including business management, governance, team building, leadership, family systems, psychology, decision-making, spirituality, and wellness.
Trusted Guide
The work of family legacy and wellness is inherently intimate and vulnerable; it requires trust. For 25+ years, Ann has earned trust from clients ranging from G1-G7. Her strong, calm, and gentle demeanor is well-suited to their work together. The depth and nuance of her expertise provides clients with the best fit environment, pace, and tools to do the work.
Intuitive & Responsive Facilitator
Ann’s clients frequently applaud her intuitive read on people and family dynamics. Families appreciate her ability to meet people where they are and take them places they didn’t know they could go. Ann is a skilled facilitator who creates environments that are inclusive for all ages, personality types, and communication styles. Agile within conflicts and comfortable among differences, Ann introduces effective communication pathways that establish candor and new possibilities for and within groups. As one client said, Ann “creates a way for others to go there.”
Ann is recognized and appreciated as an astute listener who is responsive to emerging group issues and needs as she skillfully pivots to guide participants into new discoveries and awareness, while always working toward defined goals and deliverables – all with gentleness and care.
EDUCATION
Ann embodies what she teaches clients and is always learning. With a growth mindset, she consistently commits to professional development and invests in continuing education across disciplines to deepen her knowledge and provide clients with current research, best practices, strategies, and techniques. Ann has an MBA and a BA in psychology.
PERSONAL LIFE
A natural morning person, Ann begins each day greeting the sunrise over Lake Mendota when she is home in Madison, WI, where she lives with her husband. She spends part of the year in Arizona and travels extensively for work with clients. Her curiosity, zest for learning, and commitment to personal growth ensure there is always a book nearby or a class on her calendar.
She intentionally schedules daily time in nature, and enjoys a variety of wellness practices and fitness, including meditation, attending spiritual retreats, yoga, various sports, cats and dogs, and especially time with family and friends. She and her husband are blessed with children, their partners, and amazing grandchildren.