"Anne Sterling Dorman, a Consulting Chief Financial Officer for venture capital backed start-up companies in Silicon Valley and beyond, died on July 19, 2025, just three months after the passing of her wife, Annette Tracy. Dorman for many years had suffered from primary progressive aphasia. Before her illness, she was a regular guest at "Betty's List" events. Both she and her wife, who shared a home in the Castro, were supporters of the San Francisco Bay Times."
"WordPress Co-Founder Matt Mullenweg said of Dorman: "I don't know how we would have made it through the early years of Automatic without Anne. She helped us navigate funding, HR acquisitions, and more as we grew from an idea and a dream to a real company having a real impact on the web.""
"Dorman established a very successful CPA practice in San Francisco after spending nine years with Arthur Young & Company, where she was a founding member of the firm's Entrepreneurial Services Group. Prior to Arthur Young, she was a co-founder of three diverse ventures including a nonprofit educational enterprise, a 220-acre farm, and a mobile auto body frame shop."
Anne Sterling Dorman was a Consulting Chief Financial Officer for venture-capital-backed startups in Silicon Valley and beyond. She established a successful CPA practice in San Francisco after nine years with Arthur Young & Company and earlier co-founded three ventures including a nonprofit educational enterprise, a 220-acre farm, and a mobile auto body frame shop. A 1974 Prescott College graduate, she served on Prescott's Board of Trustees from 1997–2009 and 2017–2021 and received Trustee Emerita status in 2021; a campus building was named the Anne Sterling Dorman Center. She gave sustained financial support and volunteer service to LGBTQ+ organizations and nonprofit boards. Dorman suffered from primary progressive aphasia and died July 19, 2025, three months after her wife, Annette Tracy.
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